Mexican drug cartel
in Sicario—will star as a
woman who believes that she
witnessed a crime take place in
a house from her train window.
in talks to join, according to
Variety.
Paula Hawkins’ novel was
compared to Gone Girl when it
hit shelves last winter.
She told TIME that though
there are similarities between
the two stories, she was more
inspired by a favorite
filmmaker than another author.
“It’s flattering to be compared
to Gone Girl because I
think Gone Girl is a great
book. I actually think that
atmosphere of the book is
closer to Hitchcock,” she said.
“But I suppose both books
have a very flawed female
protagonist at their heart and
are women who maybe are not
what they seem.”
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Rebecca Ferguson, who broke
out as a spy who could even
kick Tom Cruise’s butt in this
summer’s Mission: Impossible
— Rogue Nation, has also
signed on to the film. And
Jared Leto and Chris Evans are
Pharrell Williams has had one
hell of a career.
Fresh off a flight from Europe,
P made his way to Town Hall
in NYC to have a live-streamed
conversation with New York
University professor and NPR
host Jason King in a room full
of NYU students. He was
recently named NYU Tisch
School of the Arts 2015 ArtistIn-Residence, a role that
celebrates and honors
outstanding individuals in their
field.
The point of this conversation
was to kick off the celebration
of the art school’s 50th
anniversary and the plan was to
go in-depth with Pharrell’s
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