Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy's “The Revenant” finds financingJuly 12, 2014 - 14:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - With the fate of Leonardo DiCaprio's upcoming project The Revenant hanging in the balance, producer Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures is negotiating to come aboard as financial backer, The Hollywood Reporter said citing sources. The move comes as New Regency, the project's principal backer, attempts to replace financing that was to have come from Worldview Entertainment, which has pulled back on film financing lately in the wake of CEO Christopher Woodrow's June exit amid claims of personal misconduct. The film, to be directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Babel) and co-starring Tom Hardy and Will Poulter, is a harrowing survival story set in the early 19th century, based on the experiences of fur trapper Hugh Glass. Inarritu and Mark L. Smith wrote a screenplay based on Michael Punke's 2002 novel, The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge. New Regency is said to have approached Fox unsuccessfully for financial backing. The company would have been on the hook for a big chunk of the budget if the movie fell apart because Hardy's deal is pay-or-play, according to sources, and DiCaprio's deal is all but pay-or-play. In addition, sources say Inarritu, whose Birdman (also for New Regency) will open the Venice Film Festival in September, has been at odds with producers over the budget of the new film, which is aiming to begin shooting in September. Inarritu's desire to shoot The Revenant in sequence would add $7 million to the cost, according to a knowledgeable source. "Alejandro has been threatening to walk off, but Alejandro will get his way, and everything will be fine," the source said. 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 | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |