Oscar-nommed Michelle Williams may star in Jonah Hill's "Mid '90s"January 27, 2017 - 10:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Michelle Williams has just been nominated for Oscar's Best Supporting Actress, and now she's in talks to appear in Jonah Hill's directorial debut "Mid '90s". The movie will be produced by "Fences" producer Scott Rudin, Eli Bush ("The Grand Budapest Hotel") and Ken Kao ("Knight Of Cups"). "Mid '90s" is a coming-of-age movie set in mid-1990s' Los Angeles, AceShowbiz said citing Deadline. It follows the story of a 12-year-old boy named Stevie who tries to understand the concept of fighting, the temptation of drinking, drugs and sex before becoming a teenager. The boy later finds his life lessons through some skateboarding buddies. Should the deal be sealed, Williams will play a single mom who tries to raise her son Stevie in the difficult time. Williams is no stranger to playing mom. In critically-acclaimed "Manchester by the Sea", she portrayed a mother of three children. She also played mom in drama "Certain Women" and "Blue Valentine". Williams has been nominated for Oscars for her performance in "Brokeback Mountain", "Blue Valentine", "My Week with Marilyn" and the latest one is "Manchester by the Sea". Her upcoming movie is "Janis", in which she will portray music icon Janis Joplin. She will also appear in "Wonderstruck" opposite Julianne Moore and Amy Hargreaves. Currently, Williams is filming "The Greatest Showman" with Hugh Jackman. "Mid '90s" is scheduled to start shooting in June. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |