Casting: Rihanna to Besson, Stuart to Lizzie Borden
Variety media outlet announces that the singer Rihanna , who previously demonstrated her acting skills in the film "Battleship", decided to try her hand at cinema again, joining the cast of the new project Luc Besson " Valerian and the city of a thousand planets ".Based on the French comic strip by Pierre Christine and Jean-Claude Mezieres,will unfold in the XXVIII century, when time travel became available to mankind. The main characters are government agents who are called upon to protect the established order in society from outside encroachments. It has not yet been announced who will play Rihanna , but Besson in social networks assured moviegoers that her heroine had a significant place in the plot of the film. The cast also includes Dane DeHaan, Clive Owen and Cara Delevingne.  Filming will begin in January in France, with a premiere scheduled for 21 July 2017 . Chloe Sevigny ("Gummo") and Kristen Stewart ("Ultra Americans") are preparing to shoot a new psychological thriller about Lizzie Borden . The director's chair of the project will be taken by Peter Van Hees (Left Bank), while Bryce Kass is working on the script.  Sevigny got the role of Lizzie Borden herself - a fragile and a little strange woman, notorious for the fact that in 1892 she allegedly killed her father and stepmother with an ax, for which she was tried , but in the end they were acquitted. The film will tell about the events that preceded the terrible night of the murder. In those days, the crime of Lizzie was on everyone's lips and even led to the emergence of a gloomy children's counting room. Since then, many theories have been put forward about the identity of the real killer, but the truth has remained unclear.  Kristen Stewart is still only negotiating, claiming the role of Bridget Sullivan - the maid of Lizzie . The girl was a witness to the problems in the family Borden , and must have been in the house at the time of the murder. Subsequently, Bridget also testified in court.  Finally, Peter Sarsgaard ( The Killing ) is finalizing negotiations for the role of Robert F. Kennedy in the upcoming drama Jackie ( "Jackie" *), where the actor will accompany Natalie Portman. Pablo Larraine (No) will head the biopic. The film tells about the first four days in the life of Jacqueline Kennedy after the assassination of her husband - US President John F. Kennedy. Then Jackie lost the love of her life, but became an icon for the American people. * -preliminary translation. The Topic of Article: Casting: Rihanna to Besson, Stuart to Lizzie Borden. |
