{"id":64853,"date":"2021-01-04T08:27:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T04:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nasimword.ir\/?p=64853"},"modified":"2021-01-04T08:27:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T04:57:47","slug":"shahab-hosseini-to-star-in-biopic-of-iranian-physicist-ali-javan-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nasimword.ir\/?p=64853&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Shahab Hosseini to Star in Biopic of Iranian Physicist Ali Javan (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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‘The Night’ director Kourosh Ahari will write and direct the biopic of the Iranian-American physicist and inventor.<\/h2>\n

Shahab Hosseini (The Salesman<\/em>) is set to star as Iranian-American physicist and inventor Ali Javan in an upcoming biopic to be written and directed by Kourosh Ahari (The Night<\/em>).<\/p>\n

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Javan first\u00a0proposed the concept of the gas laser in 1959 at the Bell Telephone Laboratories.\u00a0A successful prototype, constructed by him in collaboration with W. R. Bennett, Jr. and D. R. Herriott, was demonstrated in 1960. Javan also contributed to the fields of quantum physics and spectroscopy. His\u00a0original 1960 helium neon-laser device is currently on display at the Smithsonian Institute\u2019s National Museum of American History.<\/p>\n

Ahari, Hosseini and producer Alex Bretow’s\u00a0production company Pol Media has acquired exclusive worldwide rights to the life of Javan.\u00a0He is survived by his two daughters, Maia and Lila Javan, who will executive produce and consult on the project.<\/p>\n

Hosseini’s credits include the starring role in Asghar Farhadi\u2019s Oscar-winning foreign-language films\u00a0A Separation\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0The Salesman<\/em>, winning best actor at Cannes for the latter.<\/p>\n

Iranian filmmaker and producer Ahari most recently directed the horror-thriller\u00a0The Night<\/em>, which made history when it became the first U.S.-produced film to receive a license to release theatrically in Iran since the country\u2019s revolution.\u00a0The Night\u00a0<\/em>releases January 29 in theaters and at home throughout North America from IFC Midnight and is set to rollout globally later in the year.<\/p>\n

Bretow is attached to produce the film on Javan, and previously produced\u00a0The Night<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Generations<\/em>\u00a0as well as the award-winning Iranian short\u00a0Numbness<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Pol Media is currently meeting with writers to pen the script alongside Ahari, and is shopping the project to studios and distributors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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