“Game of Thrones” star Kit Harington to topline “Testament of Youth”February 5, 2014 - 12:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Kit Harington, the Game of Thrones actor who is also toplining the upcoming Pompeii, has signed on to star opposite Alicia Vikander in Testament of Youth, the adaptation of an autobiography of a woman’s experiences during World War I, The Hollywood Reporter said. David Heyman, who last produced Gravity, is producing Youth, which is being made by BBC Films. James Kent, who has helmed episodes of Starz's The White Queen, is directing. Youth, written by Vera Brittain and published in 1933, tells of how the author postponed her studies to Oxford to serve as a nurse in the Great War, during which she lost her fiance and brother. After the war, she tried to resume her life but found herself part of a lost generation, returning to Oxford and becoming a feminist and a writer. Vikander is portraying Brittain; Harington will play her fiance. Harington next appears in Pompeii, which opens Feb. 21. The period disaster movie is directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and co-stars Emily Browning and Kiefer Sutherland. He also returns as Jon Snow in season four of HBO’s Game of Thrones, which premieres April 6. Later this month he will shoot Spooks, a spy thriller with Peter Firth and Jennifer Ehle. The actor previously worked with Vikander in Seventh Son, Legendary's long-delayed fantasy that will open in February 2015. 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 | Pashinyan travels to Iran to pay tribute to Raisi, others Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has left for the Islamic Republic of Iran on a working visit. Your home is in Armenia – Ameriabank offers mortgage loans for the Diaspora To buy real estate, Diasporans can apply to Ameriabank online to buy, renovate or build a home anywhere in Armenia. Armenia-Qatar ties discussed in Doha The Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council met with the Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council of Qatar. Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. |