IFC grabs “Interview with the Vampire” helmer’s "Byzantium" September 12, 2012 - 16:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - IFC Films is sinking its teeth into "Byzantium" grabbing North American rights to the vampire tale, TheWrap said, citing Deadline. The sales price was not disclosed. "Byzantium" finds director Neil Jordan returning to the fangs-and-blood terrain he previously mined in 1994's "Interview With the Vampire." In place of Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise mooning about lifelessly, Jordan's latest is a female-centric vampire story, starring Gemma Arterton ("Quantum of Solace") and Saoirse Ronan ("Atonement") as blood-suckers who sink their incisors into various necks over a 200-year span.   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 Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |
