"The Newsroom" star Olivia Munn to join Johnny Depp in "Mortdecai"August 22, 2013 - 12:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "The Newsroom" star Olivia Munn is ready for her next assignment, as she's in negotiations to join Johnny Depp in David Koepp's Lionsgate movie "Mortdecai," TheWrap said. Kyril Bonfiglioli's comedic crime novel "The Great Mortdecai Moustache Mystery" serves as the basis for the project, which Lionsgate acquired after Warner Bros. put it into turnaround. As TheWrap first reported last month, Depp is set to play Charlie Mortdecai, a wealthy art dealer and part-time rogue who often gets himself involved in strange cases of crime and espionage. Story follows Mortdecai as he races to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain the code to a lost bank account filled with Nazi gold. Details of Munn's role aren't being revealed, but it's said to be a key supporting role alongside Depp and co-stars Gwyneth Paltrow and Ewan McGregor. Andrew Lazar of Mad Chance is producing the movie with Depp and his Infinitum Nihil partner Christi Dembrowski. Koepp is directing from a script by Eric Aronson. Munn has come a long way since making a name for herself as the host of "Attack of the Show." After working with Jon Favreau on "Iron Man 2" and Steven Soderbergh on "Magic Mike," she landed a major role on Aaron Sorkin's HBO series "The Newsroom." Munn next stars opposite Eric Bana in Scott Derrickson's horror-thriller "Beware the Night." Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. 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”. Partner news | Azerbaijan yet to respond to Armenia’s proposal to probe ceasefire violations Azerbaijan has not yet responded to Armenia’s proposal to create a mechanism for investigating ceasefire violations, Armen Grigoryan has said. Yerevan says received 10th draft of peace treaty proposals from Baku Armen Grigoryan has revealed that Armenia has received the 10th package of peace treaty proposals from Azerbaijan. Armenia, Germany discuss ties, South Caucasus peace process Armenian lawmakers met with the Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Tobias Lindner. EU, EAEU are incompatible, Russia tells Armenia The arrival of extra-regional players in Armenia “will have consequences,” Russian Deputy PM Alexei Overchuk has said. |