Daniel Craig, Katherine Heigl join "Logan Lucky" heist comedyMay 27, 2016 - 10:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Daniel Craig and Katherine Heigl are finalizing deals to star in Steven Soderbergh's heist comedy "Logan Lucky", AceShowbiz reports citing Deadline. The film, which was being shopped as a hot package in Cannes, also stars Channing Tatum, Michael Shannon, Adam Driver, Riley Keough and Seth MacFarlane. Channing and Michael will play brothers who plan a heist during a high-profile NASCAR race. Gregory Jacobs, Mark Johnson and Reid Carolin are producing. Production for "Logan Lucky" is scheduled to begin in the fall, which puts further into question Daniel's willingness to reprise his role as James Bond. Pre-production starts this weekend at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600. NASCAR says it has thrown its support behind the picture. "Logan Lucky" is Steven's first film after the director vowed that he retired from film. Most recently, he directed the 2013 medical thriller "Side Effects" starring Channing, Jude Law, Rooney Mara and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Daniel is set to make his debut in the U.S. television with "Purity", a series based on the novel by Jonathan Franzen about young female activist named Purity who begins a worldwide search for her father. Katherine is also returning to TV through CBS' drama "Doubt" alongside Steven Pasquale and Laverne Cox. Top stories 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”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |