James Marsden to replace Paul Walker in “The Best of Me”January 11, 2014 - 18:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - James Marsden is in line to replace Paul Walker in The Best of Me. The actor has been offered the role in director Michael Hoffman's Nicholas Sparks adaptation and has entered negotiations with Relativity Media, Digital Spy said citing Deadline. Magic Mike's Joe Manganiello had also been up for the starring role opposite Michelle Monaghan. The Best of Me centres around two childhood sweethearts who are reunited after 20 years at the funeral of a close friend. The pair struggle with their attraction and the resentments that drew them apart when they were young. Rupert Friend was reported earlier this week to be replacing late Fast & Furious star Walker in Hitman sequel Agent 47. Marsden can currently be seen in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues and will star with Vince Vaughn in Business Trip. The Best of Me was originally scheduled for release in October of this year. A revised release date is expected. Related links: 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 | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |