Clint Eastwood’s Tom Hanks-starring “Sully” sets Sept 9 openingDecember 19, 2015 - 12:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Warner Bros. has set a Sept. 9 opening for “Sully”, starring Tom Hanks as airline pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger with Clint Eastwood directing, Variety reports. Sullenberger successfully executed an emergency water landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River after the aircraft struck a flock of geese during its initial climb out of LaGuardia Airport in 2009. All 155 passengers and crew members survived. The script is written by Todd Komarnicki, based on the autobiography “Highest Duty” by Sullenberger with Jeffrey Zaslow. The film also stars Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Holt McCallany, Jamey Sheridan and Jerry Ferrara. Producers are Allyn Stewart and Frank Marshall along with Eastwood and Tim Moore would produce through Malpaso Productions. Shooting began in September in New York. The only other title set for the Sept. 9 date is an untitled New Line horror film. Related links: 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. |