“Fantastic Beasts” star joins Benedict Cumberbatch’s “Current War”November 2, 2016 - 16:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” star Katherine Waterston has landed the female lead in Weinstein’s “The Current War”, Variety reports. Benedict Cumberbatch is on board to play Thomas Edison and Michael Shannon is on board to play George Westinghouse. “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon will helm the film. The movie revolves around Edison and Westinghouse’s battle over the supply of electricity. Edison championed the use of a direct current for electric power distribution over an alternating current, which was backed by several European companies and Westinghouse Electric. TWC will finance and distribute the film. Timur Bekmambetov, who was originally eyed to direct the movie, will produce alongside Film Rites’ Steve Zaillian and Garrett Basch. Waterston has a busy year ahead of her with not only “Fantastic Beasts” bowing later this month but the Steven Soderbergh film “Logan Lucky” coming out next year. She is also in the film “Alien Covenant,” which is scheduled for release next summer. The news was first reported by Deadline Hollywood. 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 | Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |