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When Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev sit down to discuss a potential nuclear arms treaty in the upcoming film “Reykjavik,” the actors portraying them, Jeff Daniels and Jared Harris, will be lowering themselves into the actual chairs in the actual building where the historic 1986 meeting took place.

Writer-director Michael Russell Gunn, who previously shot “Thai Cave Rescue,” says he loves the “authenticity” of shooting at the actual Höfði House in Iceland. Producer John Logan Pierson adds, “there’s an energy and spirit that comes from shooting in the real place.”

This authenticity was only feasible because of Iceland’s rebates and professional crews. “We needed to make this for a competitive number and sometimes you want to film in a place that isn’t production friendly and lacks a robust infrastructure,” Pierson says.

“The people of Iceland have been so welcoming to our production,” says Mark O’Connor, exec VP of...

The Boys actress Aya Cash is the latest name to join the cast of upcoming political drama Reykjavk. Cash rose to prominence in the role of white supremacist supe Stormfront on Prime Video's hit comic book adaptation, and is set to reprise her role in The Boys prequel series Vought Rising. The movie, which also stars The Newsroom actor Jeff Daniels as Ronald Reagan, will focus on a critical Reykjavk Summit between the US and the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War in 1986, and how its consequences shaped the world.

Per Variety, Cash is set to play the role of a young journalist who is tasked with covering the summit. The film will also feature Hope Davis as Nancy Reagan, Jared Harris as Mikhail Gorbachev, Branka Katic as Raisa Gorbachev, and Oscar-winner J.K. Simmons as Secretary of State George Shultz. Filming is set to begin on location in Reykjavk this week,...

Dennis Quaid already made headlines this year with his performance as Reagan, but now another film featuring the former U.S. President is making headlines. A new report from Variety revealed that Hope Davis, Branka Katic, and Aya Cash have joined the cast of Reykjavik, the upcoming political drama detailing the summit between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. Davis has been tapped to play Nany Reagan, alongside Jeff Daniels, who will star in the film as Ronald Reagan. Katic will play Raisa Gorbachev, wife of Mikhail Gorbachev, and Cash has been tapped to star as a young journalist covering the summit. Production on the project is set to begin later this week in Iceland, with Michael Russell Gunn writing, directing, and producing the film along with John Logan Pierson, who has also joined as a producer.

As “Reykjavik,” a look at a critical summit between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that helped determine the fate of the two superpowers, begins shooting in Iceland this week, the drama has brought on Hope Davis, Branka Katic and Aya Cash. They join the Sk Global feature, which has already lined up an impressive ensemble that includes Jeff Daniels as Ronald Reagan, Jared Harris as Mikhail Gorbachev and J.K. Simmons as Secretary of State George Shultz.

Davis, who appeared on Broadway opposite Daniels in “God of Carnage,” will star as Nancy Reagan. Katic is set to play Raisa Gorbachev, wife of the Soviet leader, and Cash has been tapped to portray a young journalist covering the Reykjavik Summit. Production officially commenced Tuesday on location in Reykjavik, where the cast and crew started filming in and around Höfði House, the actual site of a 1986 meeting that happened as the...

Former Soviet Union president Mikhail Gorbachev hosted a glittering charity gala at Hampton Court on Saturday night that saw a number of celebrities show up to support the fight against cancer in children.

Newly-wed couple David Walliams and Lara Stone joined famous faces such as Hugh Grant, Tracey Emin, Yasmin Le Bon, Alan Rickman, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson and Anjelica Huston to raise money for the Raisa Gorbachev Foundation – a charity established by Mr Gorbachev following the death of his wife in 1999.

The evening featured an auction that included lots such as dinner with Sophie Dahl and Jamie Cullum, lunch with Kevin Spacey, a jelly fight with Lara Stone to be refereed by David Walliams, and much more.

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Kevin Spacey helped raise $2.5 million for good causes over the weekend by offering up a lunch date for a charity auction in London. The "Usual Suspects" star offered an afternoon of his company to raise funds at the star-studded event, held in memory of former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev's late wife Raisa, who died of leukaemia in 1999.

Stars including Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott and Joely Richardson were among those invited to place bids at the gala at the British capital's Hampton Court Palace. Diamonds, luxury holidays, artwork by Jeff Koons and a Francis Bacon triptych also went under the hammer, with proceeds going to the Marie Curie Cancer Care and the Raisa Gorbachev Foundation.

The Foundation's founder, Evgeny Lebedev, says, "Mikhail Gorbachev and I were so moved by the generosity of our guests who helped us to raise this astounding figure. This will go a long way to help...

Kevin Spacey helped raise $2.5 million (£1.7 million) for good causes over the weekend (05-06Jun10) by offering up a lunch date for a charity auction in London.

The Usual Suspects star offered an afternoon of his company to raise funds at the star-studded event, held in memory of former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev's late wife Raisa, who died of leukaemia in 1999.

Stars including Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott and Joely Richardson were among those invited to place bids at the gala at the British capital's Hampton Court Palace.

Diamonds, luxury holidays, artwork by Jeff Koons and a Francis Bacon triptych also went under the hammer, with proceeds going to the Marie Curie Cancer Care and the Raisa Gorbachev Foundation.

The Foundation's founder, Evgeny Lebedev, says, "Mikhail Gorbachev and I were so moved by the generosity of our guests who helped us to raise this astounding figure. This will go a long way to help lessen the suffering of so many children and their families - as was Raisa Gorbachev's aim."...

Cologne, Germany -- Berlin's Cinema for Peace charity group will honor former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev at a dinner Nov. 8, the eve of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

The event will include a screening of Wolfgang Becker's tragicomedy "Goodbye, Lenin!" which looks at the events of the fall of the wall and German reunification. Proceeds from the dinner will go to the Raisa Gorbachev Memorial Institute, a cancer-fighting Ngo set up in honor of the president's late wife, who died of leukemia in 1999.

Cinema for Peace is best known for its annual celebrity charity dinner, held during the Berlin Film Festival, where it honors political-activist cinema. Next year's event will focus on Africa, tensions in Iran and the plight of refuges worldwide.

Actors Kevin Spacey, Kate Beckinsale and Hugh Grant helped to raise more than $4 million (GBP2 million) for cancer research, after attending a charity auction in London on Saturday.

U2 frontman Bono, Pirates of the Caribbean hunk Orlando Bloom and his model girlfriend Miranda Kerr were also in attendance at the Raisa Gorbachev Foundation Gala, which was held in the grounds of Hampton Court Palace - the former home of British royal King Henry VIII.

Philanthropist Bono made a surprise appearance on stage hailing the work of the organisation, before making way for Notting Hill star Grant to begin the auction.

And Grant showed his generous side by bidding $250,000 (GBP125,000) for a chance to have dinner with the former president of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, who founded the organisation. The money will go towards funding cancer research in the U.K. and Russia, reports People.com.

Bloom admitted he was thrilled to be a part of the event - and would have loved the chance to dine with the former Soviet leader had it not been such an expensive auction item.

He says, "It is amazing to come and support something associated with Mikhail Gorbachev because of what he did. He's going to go down in history because of the way he changed the world."...

Orlando Bloom's romance with Miranda Kerr continues to blossom. The actor and his model girlfriend made an appearance together Saturday at the Raisa Gorbachev Foundation Gala fundraiser in London – and were practically inseparable. "Life is great at the moment," Bloom, 31, told People. "I've just finished a play in the West End, which I really enjoyed, and am about to start filming a new movie. It really couldn't be any better." The sense of occasion wasn't lost on the Pirates of the Caribbean star, either. "It is amazing to come and support something associated with Mikhail Gorbachev because of what he did,...