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.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border  The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan.Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. |
