Luke Evans to star in “Three Seconds” bestselling thriller adaptationFebruary 5, 2015 - 11:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “Hobbit” star Luke Evans will star in “Three Seconds,” a prison thriller based on the best-selling Swedish book by Anders Roslund and Borge Hellström, TheWrap reports. Bloom said the company will introduce the project directed by Otto Bathhurst (“Peaky Blinders”) to foreign buyers at the European Film Market, which launches on Friday. CAA and WME are co-representing the domestic rights to the packaged project being produced by Thunder Road and Ollie Madden of Shine Pictures. Erica Lee is executive producing, while Kevin Frakes and Raj Singh of PalmStar Media are providing financing. Matt Cook‘s adapted screenplay tells the story of a man forced to go undercover in prison by the FBI, only to be abandoned by the agency, and forced to escape on his own. Principal photography is set to begin this spring in New York. The news follows Evans’ decision to exit Relativity’s “The Crow” reboot due to production delays. “We are looking forward to presenting this fun and fast paced script to buyers in Berlin,” Bloom’s Alex Walton said in a statement. “It’s a great package – an immensely commercial project with a talented and seasoned team between Otto, Basil and Kevin.” 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 | Lithuania sending €100,000 to help Armenia fight floods consequences Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. |