Zooey Deschanel, Anton Yelchin to topline “Driftless Area” dark comedyApril 28, 2014 - 16:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Zooey Deschanel and Anton Yelchin are to star in an upcoming dark comedy, Digital Spy said. The Driftless Area will be based on Tom Drury's novel of the same name, and will begin shooting next month. John Hawkes, Ciaran Hinds and Alia Shawkat will also star in the project from Unified Pictures and Bron Studios. Zachary Sluser will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with Tom Drury. Deschanel plays an intriguing and sensual woman who meets a bartender (Yelchin), who falls in love with her. After he returns to his hometown, he finds himself up against an unhinged criminal (Hawkes). The New Girl actress is also set to star in Barry Levinson's comedy Rock the Kazbah opposite Bruce Willis, Bill Murray and Kate Hudson. Her last big screen role was in 2011 comedy Your Highness. Photo: Getty Images 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 | Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. |