Johnny Depp, Yellow Bird Productions team for Shakespeare series October 11, 2012 - 20:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Johnny Depp’s Infinitum Nihil has partnered with leading Scandinavian producer Yellow Bird Productions, which is behind the original Girl With The Dragon Tattoo films, and Emmy-winning writer-producer Tom Fontana for a scripted series based on the plays of William Shakespeare, Deadline reported. Young writer Randall Fontana (no relation to Tom Fontana) will write the project, described as a modern take on the plays of The Bard, building on the existing characters and plots from several of his most notable plays. Infinitum Nihil, which is run by Depp’s sister Christi Dembrowski, Yellow Bird Prods, and Tom Fontana will executive produce. Infinitum Nihil is currently in production on the Depp starrer for Disney The Lone Ranger. The company’s feature credits also include Hugo, Dark Shadows and The Rum Diary. In TV, Infinitum and Graham King’s GK TV are developing a period drama about The Hollywood Reporter founder William Wilkerson at Lifetime. Zodiak-owned Yellow Bird produced The Millennium trilogy, which included the three Swedish feature films and six TV movies based on Stieg Larsson’s Girl With The Dragon Tattoo books. The company also produced 26 Swedish films about Inspector Wallander and co-produced with Left Bank a Wallander BBC limited series starring Kenneth Branagh. Fontana has experience with period dramas and international co-productions. He is the creator/executive producer of the breakout BBC America drama Copper, produced by the U.S. division of Canadian producer Cineflix, and of the French-German drama Borgia. Partner news  Top stories The winner, Denmark, and the runner-up Azerbaijan have found themselves in the center of a scandal which put their victory in question. “Love and War” is planned as a three-part love story about a woman and a man at war, with the latter eventually becoming a monk. The drama centers on the relationship between Assange and Domscheit-Berg, which became increasingly fraught as WikiLeaks' influence grew. Manzarek formed the band with lead singer Jim Morrison in 1965 after a chance meeting in Venice Beach, Los Angeles.   Partner news |  Latest news FBI agent kills man in Boston bombings case  The agent shot in self-defense in the incident, which occurred at Todashev's house, the law enforcement source said.Armenia loses to Switzerland at Hungary-hosted football tournament Armenia’s U 17 football team lost to Switzerland 1:6 at Hungary tournament, with Armenia’s only goal scored by Davit Terteryan.Armenian government files lawsuit against Armavia Finance Minister linked the step with the collection of air taxes. He further noted that lawsuits were filed by other lenders, too.ARFD rep. says Armenia faces tough times Vahan Hovhannisyan voiced hope that the ruling authorities acknowledge the difficulties Armenia currently faces. |
