Isabelle Huppert, Chloe Grace Moretz to star in Neil Jordan’s “The Widow”May 6, 2017 - 13:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Recent Golden Globe winner Isabelle Huppert and Chloe Grace Moretz have signed on to star in The Widow, helmed by Oscar winner Neil Jordan, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. Ray Wright wrote the script, which follows a young woman, who is missing her deceased mother and new to Manhattan. She strikes up an unlikely friendship with an older widow, but the widow’s intentions turn out to be far more sinister. Lawrence Bender, James Flynn and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, an SK Global Company, are producing the buzzy project. Sierra/Affinity will represent foreign sales for the thriller and is launching the project at this year’s Cannes Film Market. CAA and WME Global are co-repping the film domestically. SKE’s CEO Sidney Kimmel and President John Penotti made the announcement on behalf of the company. Huppert won a Golden Globe, an Independent Spirit Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for best actress for her work in Paul Verhoeven’s Elle (which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016). Her other recent films include Souvenir, Barrage and Michael Haneke’s Happy End, which will play in Cannes this month. Moretz has recently starred in the Neighbors franchise, The 5th Wave and Brain on Fire, which debuted in Sundance. She has wrapped work on Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria with Dakota Johnson and The Miseducation of Cameron Post. Jordan wrote and directed the 1992 film The Crying Game (which won the Oscar for best original screenplay), and also directed 1194’s Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, 1999’s The End of the Affair and 2007’s The Brave One. SKE recently produced the Academy Award Best Picture nominee Hell or High Water, which also received nominations for Best Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay, and Film Editing. 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 | India wants Armenia’s proposals on use of Chabahar port India is expecting proposals from Armenia regarding the use of Chabahar port in Iran, Indian ambassador says. EU welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan “progress” The EU has welcomed “progress” made in the framework of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process. Belarus opposition leader slams Lukashenko for Karabakh trip Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has harshly criticized the visit of Lukashenko to Karabakh. Mkhitaryan raises arrest of former Karabakh leaders in Azerbaijan Inter Milan star Henrikh Mkhitaryan has shared a news story about the extension of the arrest of former Karabakh leaders. |