Matt Damon’s star-studded “Downsizing” adds castJuly 2, 2016 - 11:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Veteran character actor Pepe Serna has joined the cast in Alexander Payne’s satire “Downsizing”, joining Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig, Christoph Waltz and Hong Chau, Variety has learned exclusively. The Paramount film, currently shooting in Toronto, centers on an Omaha man who joins the throngs of people undergoing a new process that reduces humans to a tiny fraction of their size. Then they move to one of the many communities of small people that are sprouting up around the world. “It’s the smallest part I’ve ever had, four inches to be exact,” Serna said. Payne is co-writing the script with Jim Taylor. The duo won an Oscar for best adapted screenplay for “Sideways” and collaborated on the scripts for “Citizen Ruth,” “Election,” “Jurassic Park III,” “About Schmidt” and “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.” “Downsizing” is produced by Payne and Mark Johnson and will begin production this spring. Taylor and Jim Burke are exec producing. Serna is also one of the new members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, announced on Wednesday. His career dates back nearly 50 years with credits including “Scarface,” “American Me,” “Car Wash,” “The Black Dahlia” and “The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez.” 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 | Mirzoyan says meeting with Bayramov was “constructive” At the moment, Ararat Mirzoyan said, there is no basis for additional comments. OSCE vows support for Armenia “in all three directions of security” Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 151 detained as civil disobedience campaigns continue in Yerevan Citizens have been blocking streets in the Armenian capital, demanding Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation. France welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan meeting in Almaty France has welcomed the new round of negotiations between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan. |