Bleecker Street nabs “Pawn Sacrifice” Tobey Maguire chess drama September 11, 2014 - 12:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Andrew Karpen's Bleecker Street has made its first move at the Toronto International Film Festival, picking up Ed Zwick's chess drama “Pawn Sacrifice” which stars Tobey Maguire as Bobby Fischer and Liev Schreiber as his rival, Boris Spassky, TheWrap said. An individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap that Bleecker Street and others buyers were given an early look at the film on Sept. 5, since it doesn't officially debut until Thursday, Sept. 11. Steven Knight wrote the script, which chronicles 1972's Match of the Century, which took place at the height of the Cold War. Peter Sarsgaard co-stars in the film, which Maguire produced with Zwick and Gail Katz.   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 Armenia: Protesters march to parliament, some spend the night on street  The protesters did not disperse despite heavy rain that began at around 2 a.m. local time.Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province.€3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms.Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |
