Maven Pictures to film Russian ballet icon Rudolph Nureyev biopic July 3, 2012 - 20:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray have teamed up with Italian producer Davide Azzolini to bring to life Colum McCann’s novel Dancer based on the life of Russian ballet icon Rudolph Nureyev, Screen Daily said. Dancer will recount Nureyev’s event-filled life through the eyes of those who knew him well, from his birth in Russia during WWII and his defection to his rise to international stardom and eventual death from AIDS in 1992. “The opportunity to work with Colum on this project has been a dream of ours,” said Styler and Rattray. “It’s a moving tale – one that really fits with Maven Pictures’ commitment to stories with riveting characters.” “As I read the novel for the first time many years ago, I realized the extraordinary visual potential in it and I immediately started talking with Colum about how to turn it into a film,” said Azzolini, who recently finished producing Jonathan Demme’s documentary Enzo Avitabile Music Life. Maven has two films in post-production: Filth starring James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Jamie Bell and Imogen Poots and Imogene with Kristen Wiig, Annette Bening and Matt Dillon. Partner news  Top stories Ambyr Childers and Julia Garner star as sisters forced to take on their family’s gruesome tradition after their mother’s death. The jewels were to be loaned to celebrities who have arrived on the French Riviera town for its famous annual film festival. The list of the finalists also includes Hungary, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania, Norway, Iceland, Finland and others. Set in the gritty blue-collar neighborhood of God’s Pocket, story follows a man stuck with a debt he can't pay.   Partner news |  Latest news Artsakh President attends Berdzor town 21st anniv. liberation events  Bako Sahakyan noted the liberation of Berdzor town as an important military, political and psychological victory.Weekly digest of foreign currency deals Deals amounting to USD 12,800,000 at an average price of 416.75 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia.200 Azeri ceasefire violations reported May 12-18 200 ceasefire violations by the Azeri armed forces were reported at the line of contact between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan.Gunmen kill Iraqi police officer's family The recent spike of violence has raised fears that the country might be heading to a new round of sectarian violence. |
