BILLIONAIRE KIRK KERKORIAN FUNDING EPIC FEATURE FILM ABOUT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
12:53, 26 Feb 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
Kirk Kerkorian is 97 years old and worth $4 billion. The one time
owner of MGM, and wealthy Las Vegas real estate and casino over (
he also owned the MGM Grand), is not done, however. He still has
one more wish. Kerkorian is funding a secret feature film about
the Armenian genocide that took place concurrent with World War I,
showbiz411.com reports, quoting its sources.
Kerkorian is hoping to produce the Armenian “Schindler’s List” to
memorialize the Genocide.
There is already an Oscar nominated director and screenwriter signed
to the project. Various actors’ names have come up, and some of that
may become clear soon. The movie has been described by the director-
who asked not to reveal his name yet- as a “Reds” or “Dr. Zhivago”,
a sweeping World War I romance set against the Armenian genocide.
Kerkorian, who’s always been fascinated with Hollywood, is said to
have contributed over $1 billion to Armenian charities and causes
over his long life time.
Author of the article Roger Friedman reveals that the still untitled
film wil begin shooting this summer in Europe. And the budget should
be pretty big, considering there’s one backer. This movie has the
potential to be something on a large historic scale, unseen for
many years.
Friedman is assured the Kardashians, the most famous Armenian Americans
since the great writer William Saroyan, will be not be appearing in
the film under any circumstances.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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