“Skin” scribe to pen Johnny Depp’s “Mortimer Wintergreen”January 14, 2013 - 15:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Jack Thorne has been tapped to pen a new Johnny Depp-produced family film called Mortimer Wintergreen, Digital Spy reported. Thorne is best known for his work on UK dramas like Skins, The Fades and This is England '86, and the upcoming feature film A Long Way Down, based on a Nick Hornby novel. Mortimer Wintergreen will be loosely based on the 1987 novel by Myron Levoy called The Magic Hat of Mortimer Wintergreen. The young adult novel tells the story of a brother and sister living in the 1890s who embark upon an adventure with a travelling magician. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Depp is producing and may also take on the film's title role. Susanna White, director of the family film Nanny McPhee Returns, is set to helm the project. Depp's lucrative Pirates of the Caribbean franchise also recently hired Catch Me If You Can scribe Jeff Nathanson for the fifth film in the series. 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 | 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. |