Alex Russell joins Miles Teller in firefighter film “Granite Mountain”June 7, 2016 - 12:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Alex Russell is joining Miles Teller and Josh Brolin in Lionsgate and Black Label Media’s firefighter pic “Granite Mountain”, Variety reports. Originally titled “No Exit,” the film also stars Jeff Bridges, James Badge Dale and Taylor Kitsch. “Tron: Legacy” helmer Joseph Kosinski will direct the film, which follows the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of firefighters that faced one of the deadliest wildfires in history in order to save an Arizona town, resulting in the tragic death of 19 crew members. Kitsch and Bridges will play firefighters in the film. Ken Nolan developed the story on spec with the producers. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Erik Howsam, Conde Nast Entertainment’s Jeremy Steckler and Dawn Ostroff, Mike Menchel, Black Label Media’s Molly Smith, Trent Luckinbill and Thad Luckinbill are producing the film. Black Label is financing. Di Bonaventura also has “Deep Water Horizon” on the pipeline with Lionsgate. Lionsgate saw strong international sales while shopping territory rights at the Cannes Film Festival. Russell recently completed shooting Greg McLean’s “Jungle” with Daniel Radcliffe which was shot on location in Queensland, Australia. He also stars in Iven Sen’s “Goldstone” and recently launched his own production company Five Lip Films. 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 | Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. Moscow says ready to support Yerevan-Baku reconciliation Moscow has confirmed its readiness to support the reconciliation of Yerevan and Baku. Yerevan sends amended draft peace treaty back to Baku According to Ani Badalyan, the 9th edition of the amendment has been sent to Baku. IDBank, Dalma team up for Caucasian Deer Reintroduction Program IDBank has joined Dalma Garden Mall’s Green Challenge to support the Caucasian red deer reintroduction project. |