Natalie Portman to star in “Artist” helmer’s “Garden of Beasts” ?September 14, 2012 - 21:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Michel Hazanavicius has entered talks for In the Garden of Beasts, with Natalie Portman being sought for a role in the film, Digital Spy reported citing Deadline. The Tom Hanks-starring movie will adapt Erik Larson's non-fiction book The Devil In The White City. The Artist director is lining up to helm the film, with Portman wanted to play Hanks's on-screen daughter. The film will centre around William Dodd, a mild-mannered Chicago professor who becomes the US's first ambassador to Nazi-ruled Germany. His family initially embraces the vibrant Berlin scene, before Hitler begins to tighten his grip on the country and his party's atrocities begin to show. Hazanavicius is currently working on The Search, and has also been reported to be eyeing high-concept comedy Will. Portman is currently filming Marvel Studios sequel Thor: The Dark World. 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 | 17 bridges collapse as a result of floods in Armenia As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. Armenia: Top cleric to retain title as he bids to become interim PM Galstanyan said earlier that the interim government would be tasked with stopping the “destruction of our homeland”. Ex-mayor of Karabakh capital arrested in Yerevan Ex-mayor of the Nagorno-Karabakh city of Stepanakert David Sargsyan has been arrested for 20 days. 269 people evacuated amid severe floods in Armenia’s north According to the Interior Ministry, 269 people have been evacuated from their homes in Lori and Tavush provinces. |