"Game of Thrones" star replaces Robert Pattinson in "Brimstone"June 25, 2015 - 10:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Kit Harington is moving on from "Game of Thrones". The 28-year-old actor, whose character was recently killed off in the shocking season finale of the HBO series, replaces Robert Pattinson in upcoming movie "Brimstone", AceShowbiz reports. Kit is joining Guy Pearce and Dakota Fanning in the thriller written and directed by Martin Koolhover ("Winter in Wartime"). Kit's "Game of Thrones" co-star Carice van Houten also joins the cast along with Paul Anderson ("Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows"), Jack Roth ("The Great Train Robbery") and Carla Juri ("Wetlands"). Principal photography has just started and the film will shoot on location in Romania, Spain and Germany. Kit will play "an outlaw who has a crucial role in the tale of retribution" while Dakota will star as Liz, "a heroine on the run from her past and chased by the evil Preacher (Guy)." Mia Wasikowska was originally cast on Dakota's character. Kit will next be seen in upcoming HBO tennis mockumentary "7 Days in Hell" alongside Adam Samberg. Meanwhile, Robert, who has two upcoming films "Life" and "Queen of the Desert" released later this year, will be working on his next movies "The Lost City of Z" and "The Trap". 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 | 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. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |