Viggo Mortensen To Reunite With ‘Green Book’ Director For A Film About A Vietnam War “Beer Run”

Manchester United target Christopher Nkunku was previously “in talks” with Premier League rivals Arsenal and idolises Marco Veratti.The Red Devils have added the RB Leipzig attacking midfielder to their summer transfer wish-list with Ralf Rangnick urging the club hierarchy to raid his former side for the youngster.United are prioritising a midfielder due to their belief that long-time wantaway Paul Pogba will leave on a free transfer when his contract expires at the end of June.And with the 24-year-old Frenchman enjoying his best season to date with the Bundesliga club, ESPN report Nkunku has caught United’s attention as their potential next star.Nkunku has scored an outstanding 19 goals and notched 13 assists across 31 appearances this season.While he has certainly reached a new level this campaign, the midfielder’s ability has already attracted attention from other Premier League clubs like Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City in the past.The Gunners were considering a move for the youngster back in January 2019 during Unai Emery’s tenure while he still played for Paris Saint-Germain.He was tipped to become Aaron Ramsey’s successor by reporters, but Emery eventually had to settle for a calamitous loan signing in Denis Suarez as Nkunku joined Leipzig the following summer.Do you think Man United should sign Nkunku as a Pogba replacement? Let us know in the comments section.Want to be on the ball with all of the latest football news?Well then sign up for the brilliant Daily Star football email newsletter!From the latest transfer news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in your email inbox - don't miss a thing.It only takes a matter of seconds.Simply type your email address into the box at the top of this article

Sinaloa cartel, which was once headed by notorious cartel boss El Chapo, announced their plans to wage war with the Jalisco Nueva Generation Cartel (CJNG). A sudden outbreak of violence in the Mexican state of Colima was due to a local CJNG group breaking off from the main organisation. A new narco banner was discovered on the Liceo de Varones avenue in the city of Colima, where a message to the government and rival gangs was delivered.It read: "Look here you f***ing Jaliscos.

TRACY Beaker star Dani Harmer has given birth to her second child with her partner Simon Brough. The actress took to Instagram to reveal she had welcomed a baby boy last week - who the couple have named Rowan Leon James.

Jackass star Steve-O has opened up about one of his “closest calls”, when he kicked a shark in the head just as it almost bit his foot.Steve-O, whose real name is Stephen Gilchrist Glover, is one of the stars of comedy series Jackass, a popular franchise where the group’s members are filmed performing daring stunts for viewers’ entertainment.In a new movie released recently, ‘Jackass Forever’, Steve-O was even paralysed from the waist down by a doctor before attempting to run with his legs numbed.Now, in an interview with fellow star Johnny Knoxville on his podcast ‘Steve-O’s Wild Ride’, the dare-devil has opened up about one of the more frightening circumstances he found himself involved with.Steve-O picked out the infamous ‘shark bait’ scene from season two of the show, when he pierced his cheek with a bait hook before jumping into the shark-infested sea.“I had chopped up barracuda fish strapped all over me, and then Manny [Puig] put me in the water with the sharks,” he recalled.“I remember my dad saw the news, and he said,’how can it possibly be safe to be covered in chum swimming with sharks?’“We put the fish hook through my face, and cast me out to the sharks.“Manny’s chumming the water; treading water, hacking up fish, and he sees this mako shark just going after me like it’s going to bite my foot.”Steve-O explained that this was one of the very few times he had seen his co-star becoming uncomfortable, and remembered him yelling a warning to watch out.He continued: “I hear that, and so I’m like, ‘f*** and I panic, and I go to kick and to swim away, and in that motion, I inadvertently kick the mako shark in the head as it’s going for my foot… Which was arguably one of the closest calls I’ve ever had.”“It was like

EASTENDERS star Louisa Lytton showed off her incredible figure in a bikini six months after giving birth to baby Aura. The soap star - who plays Ruby Allen in the BBC One soap - shared holiday snaps with her fans on Instagram. Louisa showed off her curves in a black and green two piece in the stunning snap.

FRIENDS star Matt LeBlanc has split up with his British girlfriend after nearly six years together. Matt, 54 — Joey Tribbiani in US sitcom — was snapped looking downcast at the weekend following his break with TV producer Aurora Mulligan, 36. A source said the former Top Gear host and Aurora — who worked on the motoring show — had “struck a clean break, but it’s still very raw”.

Weather experts said there is still some uncertainty in the timing and location of the strongest winds, but there is the potential for inland wind to reach 60 to 70 mph in places, with gusts of 80 to 90 mph possible in more exposed areas.

JACQUELINE Jossa has thrown her daughter Ella a 7th birthday party to remember with teepee tents and a butterfly-themed cake. The mother-of-two took to Instagram to show fans a behind-the-scenes of the bash, which was held at her £1million mansion. Former EastEnders star Jac, 29, showed off the cute sleepover tents that had been laid out for eldest daughter Ella and her pals.

VICTORIA and David Beckham have shared an amazing unseen throwback snaps as they gushed over each other for Valentine's Day. The Inter Miami FC owner took to his Instagram grid to share a series of snaps of him and his Spice Girl wife over the years. David, 46, also paid tribute to only daughter Harper, ten, with a photo of the pair cosied up and smiling for the camera.

Super Bowl broadcast wasn’t just about football — with many viewers tuning in to simply see the TV commercials that aired in between the on-field action. NBC expected 100 million Americans to watch the event, meaning they were able to charge close to $7 million for a 30-second ad slot.

Curb Your Enthusiasm star is seen playing historical versions of himself who express disbelief in iconic human achievements (such as the invention of the wheel, or the lightbulb) in the commercial.Towards the end of the ad, which you can watch below, David is told that crypto brand FTX is an easy way to get into cryptocurrency, prompting him to respond: “Eh, I don’t think so, and I’m never wrong about this stuff! Never!” The ad then tells viewers: “Don’t Be Like Larry.”Despite the comic shooting down crypto in the ad, some fans were disappointed that he appeared in the commercial.“Larry David being in a crypto commercial is the single most devastating thing to ever happen to me please give me space to process,” one wrote.Another added: “The Larry David Super Bowl commercial was disappointing and, to be honest, inappropriate.”the Larry David Super Bowl commercial was disappointing and, to be honest, inappropriate pic.twitter.com/bWE3d1musD— Rob (@robrousseau) February 14, 2022Larry David being in a crypto commercial is the single most devastating thing to ever happen to me please give me space to process.— Zach Kornfeld (@korndiddy) February 14, 2022seeing Larry David in a commercial then finding out what it’s for pic.twitter.com/YaE8zgEM9I— Michael Tannenbaum (@iamTannenbaum) February 14, 2022Larry David Makes a funny commercial, but it's for crypto.

Kodak Black is in a stable condition following being shot at a Super Bowl party over the weekend, his lawyer has confirmed.The rapper was one of four people injured in a shooting outside of Justin Bieber’s Super Bowl party in Los Angeles on Friday (February 11).The pop star performed at Los Angeles venue Pacific Design Center last night before moving onto club The Nice Guy, ahead of the Super Bowl taking place at SoFi Stadium on Sunday (February 13).According to TMZ, Black, Lil Baby and Gunna were standing on the corner of the street outside The Nice Guy talking when a fight started near them. It is claimed that Black was involved in the fight, during which a total of 10 shots were fired around 2:45am.

International buyers were not slow off the mark for the first (and, most hope, last) Virtual Cannes Market, with a raft of deals closing as the online event kicked off Monday. HanWay inked multiple sales for Falling, Viggo Mortensen’s directorial debut, which premiered in Sundance and was picked to be part of the official Cannes 2020 festival selection.

Viggo Mortensen will receive a Donostia Award in recognition of his career at the 68th edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain, organizers unveiled on Monday. The star will present his directorial debut Falling, for which he also wrote the screenplay, during the festival.

Jamie Lang Viggo Mortensen is the first announced recipient of San Sebastian’s prestigious Donostia Award for this year’s 68th edition.

Annalise Basso might be young, but she’s already a Hollywood veteran.The 21-year-old actress currently co-stars opposite Jennifer Connelly and Daveed Diggs in “Snowpiercer” on TNT (Sundays at 9 p.m.), the small-screen adaptation of Oscar-winning director Bong Joon Ho’s 2014 movie of the same name.Before the apocalyptic drama, her best-known role was in the Oscar-nominated 2016 movie “Captain Fantastic,” in which she played Vespyr Cash, a girl in an unconventional survivalist family helmed by patriarch Ben (Viggo Mortensen).

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerDenise Cronenberg, the sister of film director David Cronenberg and a prominent costume designer who dressed such stars as Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Julianne Moore, Robert Pattinson, and Jeremy Irons, has died. She passed May 22 at Brant Hospital in Burlington, Ontario, Canada at age 81 from complications of old age.“We would put on plays in our house for the neighborhood and they were always instigated by Denise,” said David Cronenberg, age 77.

Viggo Mortensen, whose collaboration with Peter FarrellyGreen Book earned multiple Oscars including best picture, is in talks to join Farrelly's next project, a Vietnam War-set dramedy for Skydance Media, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Mortensen's casting would be the first for the untitled movie adaptation of the book by Joanna Molloy and John “Chickie” Donohue, The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A True Story of Friendship Stronger Than War.

Justin Kroll Film ReporterViggo Mortensen and his “Green Book” director Peter Farrelly are looking to reteam on a new film.Mortensen is in negotiations to join Farrelly’s new untitled movie based on the book “The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A True Story of Friendship Stronger Than War.” According to sources, Mortensen would have a supporting role.The book, written by Joanna Molloy and John “Chickie” Donohue, is based on the true story of Donohue, who left New York in 1967 to track down and share a few beers with his childhood buddies in the Army … while they were fighting in Vietnam.Brian Currie and Pete Jones will co-write the script with Farrelly. David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger and Andrew Muscato will serve as producers.

The 2020 Cannes Film Festival was set to take place in May but due to the coronavirus outbreak that sadly was not meant to be. The festival was initially postponed, but following the spread of the virus was cancelled in physical form. However, the festival will live on with the movies’ set to debut at the festival were officially unveiled this evening by Thierry Frémaux, the Festival’s General Delegate.

«What are next year's Oscars going to look like?» It's a question the industry, awards forecasters and armchair pundits alike have been wondering as release schedules are scuttled and film festivals are canned amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.