Matt Damon’s “The Great Wall” release date movedFebruary 19, 2016 - 11:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Legendary’s “The Great Wall” has moved from Nov. 23, 2016, to Feb. 17, 2017, it was announced Thursday, February 18 by Universal Pictures, which will release the 3D movie, according to TheWrap. Zhang Yimou is directing the film, which stars Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal and Willem Dafoe, as well as Tian Jing and Andy Lau. The film follows an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the world’s most iconic structure. “The Great Wall” is the largest film ever shot in entirely in China, and serves as Yimou’s English-language debut. The new release date means “The Great Wall” will now square off against Sony’s “Bad Boys 3” and 20th Century Fox’s “Maze Runner: The Death Cure.” It was originally slated to compete against Disney’s “Moana,” “Bad Santa 2” and a Robert Zemeckis movie starring Brad Pitt, not to mention the second weekend of the “Harry Potter” spinoff “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |