Renowned filmmaker Menahem Golan shakes hands with producer David Varod as they announced the start of shooting Children of Wax. The film will be made in Bulgaria, and will feature superstar Eric Roberts. Photo by Kameliya Atanasova (Sofia News Agency)
Hollywood star Eric Roberts will join the team of Bulgarian director Ivan Nichev in shooting his newest movie "Children of wax."
The shooting of the movie will start April 22 and the brother of Hollywood beauty Julia Roberts will come to Bulgaria a few days earlier .
The movie director Ivan Nichev explained that Roberts will be in the center of the film. "He will play a Turkish inspector working at the German police."
The casting for choosing Roberts' female partner has currently started, but all that has been revealed is that a 35-year old blonde is wanted for the role. The casting for Bulgarian actors will go on to April 15.
The only names that are surely to take part in the new movie are renowned Bulgarian actors Joko Rosic, Hristo Shopov, Asen Blatechki and Nikolay Urumov.
Ivan Nichev, director of Bulgarian blockbusters like "Journey to Jerusalem", "After the end of the world" and "Bay Ganyo", admitted that the shooting of the thriller would be a challenge for him.