Newcomer Cailee Spaeny tapped to portray female lead in “Pacific Rim 2”September 16, 2016 - 18:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Universal Pictures and Legendary's "Pacific Rim 2" is moving forward as it is expected to begin production soon. As AceShowbiz reports citing Variety, newcomer Cailee Spaeny has been tapped to portray the female lead in the sequel to "Pacific Rim". The actress/pop singer will star alongside "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" actor John Boyega and "Suicide Squad" star Scott Eastwood. Details about Spaeny's as well as Eastwood's character are still kept under wraps, but it's been confirmed that the lead actor, Boyega, will portray the son of Stacker Pentecost, a character played by Idris Elba in the first movie. The film will be directed by Steven S. DeKnight from a script co-written by Guillermo del Toro, Emily Carmichael, Kira Snyder and Travis Beacham. This will be the first Blockbuster movie that DeKnight's directing, after he wrote for and directed TV shows which included "Daredevil" and "Smallville". Thomas Tull, Mary Parent, Jon Jashni and del Toro will produce the film along with Boyega and Femi Oguns through their production company, Upper Room Entertainment. Cale Boyter exec-produces the project that will begin this November in Australia for a February 23, 2018 release in U.S. theaters. Spaeny previously showed up in indie film "Counting to 1.000" and has a single called "Fallin" on iTunes. She recently wrapped up filming on "The Shoes" in which she stars alongside Erika Bierman ("The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1") and Christina Lambert ("Goat"). 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 | Armenian delegation participating in NATO PA session The delegation is headed by Andranik Kocharyan, the chairman of the standing committee on defense and security matters. Schengen visa cost won’t change for Armenia – diplomat The increase in the cost of a Schengen visa will not apply to citizens of Armenia, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson has said. Yeremyan Projects opens state-of-the-art dairy production plant Yeremyan Projects officially launched the Yeremyan Products state-of-the-art milk processing plant in Yerevan on May 24. Azerbaijan's defense spending set to increase by 11% Azerbaijan's spending on defense and national security will increase by 11%, according to a fresh bill. |