Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer join “Elsa & Fred” comedy November 1, 2012 - 18:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Oscar winners Christopher Plummer and Shirley MacLaine will star in the English-language remake of Elsa & Fred, Deadline said. Based on the 2005 Spanish-Argentine romantic comedy of the same name, the film will be directed by Michael Radford. The Il Postino director and Anna Pavignano have written the script from Marcos Carnevale’s original film. The movie details the outgoing Elsa’s attempt to engage the uptight Fred after the widower moves into her building. Filming is due to start on December 3, with shooting in New Orleans and Rome. Plummer is also set to appear in Stephen Frears’ Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight on HBO. MacLaine has joined Downton Abbey for the period soap’s latest season.   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 |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
