“Trainspotting” star Kelly Macdonald joins “Goodbye Christopher Robin”June 25, 2016 - 17:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Boardwalk Empire star Kelly Macdonald has joined Goodbye Christopher Robin, the film about children's author A. A. Milne, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. Macdonald joins Domhnall Gleeson, who will play the famed author. The story centers on Milne's relationship with his son Christopher Robin, whose toys inspired the magical characters in Winnie the Pooh. Margot Robbie is attached to play Christopher Robin's mother, Daphne, while Macdonald will play his nanny, Olive. The story sees the family swept up in the international success of the books, the tales bringing hope and comfort to England after WWI. Simon Curtis (Woman in Gold, My Week With Marilyn) is directing the biopic from a script by Frank Cottrell Boyce and Simon Vaughan. Damian Jones and Steve Christian are producing. Fox Searchlight is handling the project through its deal with Jones. Searchlight's David Greenbaum, Matthew Greenfield and Katie Goodson-Thomas are overseeing. Scottish actress Macdonald starred in HBO’s series Boardwalk Empire opposite Steve Buscemi. She also voiced the lead character Merida in Pixar’s animated film Brave, and was seen in Netflix’s recent comedy Special Correspondents, written and directed by Ricky Gervais. 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 | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |