SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2015 Ifans, Skrein to star in Sci-Fi thriller ‘Gateway 6’ Actor Morgan Freeman, center, is hys Ifans and Ed surrounded by his Skrein are to star in film crew and Rscience-fiction thriller bodyguards as he “Gateway 6.” Altitude Film visits the historical Sales will handle worldwide site of the Giza sales and introduce the Pyramids, just project to buyers at the outside Cairo, American Film Market, Egypt, yesterday. which runs Nov 4-11 in Freeman is in Egypt Santa Monica. Malachi to work on a Smyth’s screenplay topped National the most recent Brit List, Geographic which is a compendium of documentary titled, stellar unproduced scripts ‘The Story of by non-US writers, set up to Rhys Ifans God.’ — AP complement the US Black List. Scripts that have made the Brit List in previous years include “The King’s Speech,” “My Week with Marilyn” Ukrainians transform famed and “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.” The project is the feature debut of director Tanel Toom, whose short “The Confession” was nominated for Lenin statue into Darth Vader an Academy Award in 2011. The movie “combines the solitary abandonment of ‘Moon’ with the claustrophobic ust in time for the release of the lat- these offbeat candidates represent the This Sunday, another Darth Vader will atmosphere of ‘Das Boot,’ and the fight to survive est “Star Wars” blockbuster, tiny Pirate Party of Ukraine one of run for Odessa mayor again as the cri- instincts of ‘Alien,’” according to Altitude. Set in the JUkrainians have transformed a stat- more than 40 groups that have sprung sis-torn east European country holds future, on a war-ravaged Earth, four soldiers man the last ue of Lenin into one of Darth Vader, an up worldwide in defence of Internet local elections across Kiev-controlled bastion Gateway 6 — an outpost in a sea-covered conti- oddly prominent figure in local politics. freedoms and limits on copyright laws. lands. —AFP nent-awaiting a relief crew or the enemy, whichever Soviet founder Lenin-long despised by comes first. But as the empty weeks turn to months, most in non-separatist parts of Ukraine- paranoia descends that tests relationships to breaking fell victim to a law adopted in April that point. Especially with the arrival of a deserted boat-was it ordered the removal of all symbols and the help they’d been so anxiously waiting for, or some- insignia reminding the country of its thing far more sinister? communist past. Darth Vader is also cast Ifans, whose credits include “The Amazing Spider- as the embodiment of evil in the George Man” and “Notting Hill,” is soon to be seen in Oliver Lucas movies-a black-masked light Stone’s “Snowden” and James Bobin’s “Alice Through the sabre-wielding villain who is in perma- Looking Glass.” Skrein has been in “The Transporter nent battle with the good Force. Refueled” and “Kill Your Friends,” and has just completed But the Dark Lord of the Sith is a a major role as lead villain Ajax in “Deadpool,” opposite rather more popular figure in Ukraine, Ryan Reynolds. “Gateway 6” is due to shoot in Estonia in where Western culture is being spring 2016 and is produced by Ben Pullen of Sentinel embraced and the Soviet past erased Entertainment and Matthew James Wilkinson (“The Call from history a transition that outrages Up”) for Stigma Films, with Pippa Cross serving as execu- Russia. One masked villain tried joining tive producer. Ivo Felt, producer of the Oscar-nominated last year’s presidential race, being foreign language title, “Tangerines,” will be co-producing. denied registration only after he refused Pullen said Toom and Smyth have “created a unique to disclose his real name and identity and scarily authentic glimpse into the future which papers. Later that year, Darth Vaders ran allows for an intensely claustrophobic sci-fi thrill ride set as candidates for mayors of Kiev and against a vast sweeping canvas.” Odessa, the historic Black Sea port Mike Runagall, managing director of Altitude Film where the new statue was formally Sales, said, “Recalling classic 70s sci-fi, ‘Gateway 6’ is a unveiled yesterday. smart and ambitious contained thriller set in a unique “Star Wars” characters such as the and fully realized world that is by turns, thrilling, surpris- grunting hairy giant Chewbacca, the ing and emotional with a palpable sense of humanity at Jedi Master Yoda and the courageous its core.” Ifans is represented by 42 and UTA, and Ed Princess Amidala also tried their luck in People dressed as characters from ‘Star Wars’ film take part in an inaugu- Skrein is represented by 42 and CAA. Further casting will November’s parliamentary poll in full ration ceremony of a Darth Vader monument, formerly a statue of Soviet be announced before the AFM. — Reuters costume, all without success. Most of founder Lenin, in the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa. — AFP Dylan does Sinatra his way on hallowed London stage ad you seen Bob Dylan rein- Want You” and other standards fea- Night” has been a critical and com- Dylan of course does not have the venting popular music on the tured on his latest album, “Shadows mercial success, only adding to voice of Frank Sinatra. But then Hstage of London’s Royal Albert in the Night”. A year ago, fans had Dylan’s enigma at the age of 74. The Sinatra never wrote a song like Hall in 1966, you would never have greeted the news that Dylan was Western Swing style of the band, “Tangled Up in Blue”, a Great believed that nearly 50 years later he planning an album of songs made anchored by bassist Tony Garnier and American novel in verse. Dylan treat- would be treading the same boards famous by Sinatra with some trepida- featuring ace guitarist Charlie Sexton, ed the audience to a free-wheeling and crooning the songs of Frank tion. Dylan himself explained when it helped the ballads, shorn of elaborate version before heading off for the Sinatra. But there he was on was released in May that he was not string arrangments, to flow easily into intermission. Wednesday night, skipping over his recording a Sinatra tribute. Dylan’s own songs such as “Duquesne As it happened, Dylan’s voice, own formidable songbook in favour “I don’t see myself as covering Whistle” and “Spirit on the Water”. often derided as a croaky rasp, was of lovelorn 1950’s ballads made these songs in any way. They’ve been It had the feel of a Mid-Western strong and even tender on the bal- famous by the Chairman of the Board. covered enough. Buried, as a matter a country dance somewhere in time lads. Dressed in a gambler’s suit, It could have been excruciating. fact. What me and my band are basi- rather than a Manhattan night club. wide-brimmed hat and cowboy But it was wonderful. Backed by his cally doing is uncovering them. Sinatra recorded most of the songs boots, he did not play guitar at all but crack band, Dylan stood in the spot- Lifting them out of the grave and while he was pining for Ava Gardner, stood at the microphone, like an old light to sing “What’ll I Do”, “The Night bringing them into the light of day,” who had dumped him for a Spanish song and dance man, occasionally we Called it a Day”, “I’m a Fool to he said at the time. “Shadows in the bullfighter. breaking into a little jig. —Reuters Bob Dylan