"Dark Shadows" star Bella Heathcote to topline "Curse of Downers Grove" February 17, 2013 - 16:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Bella Heathcote, the wide-eyed beauty who turned heads in "Dark Shadows" and "Not Fade Away," will join Lucas Till in "The Curse of Downers Grove," the indie thriller's producers said Friday. The movie pairs Derick Martini, director of the 2008 coming-of-age drama "Lymelife," with Bret Easton Ellis, sometime novelist and Twitter provocateur. Martini will slide behind the camera while Easton Ellis will handle screenwriting duties. The film is set in a insular Midwestern town that shoulders a curse that claims the life of one high school senior every year. Heathcote will play a student who thinks she is the next victim. In addition, Penelope Mitchell, who will star in Netflix's upcoming original series "Hemlock Grove," will play an unspecified leading role. Till's casting was previously announced. The young actor is best known for his work as a mutant in 2011's "X-Men: First Class." "The Curse of Downers Grove" is being financed by private equity investors and will begin production this spring. 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 Russian expert rules out Karabakh war renewal by Armenia  Alexander Krylov: the possibility of the renewal of Karabakh war should not be exaggerated in the face of the balance of power.OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs won’t visit Artsakh French Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Jacques Faure said the co-chairs are not planning a visit to Nagorno Karabakh.Penguin reaches $75mln agreement in iBooks price fixing lawsuit In a press release, Penguin's parent company, Pearson, noted it had made a $40 million provision for settlement in its 2012 accounts.Baku says OSCE Minsk Group activity yielded “certain results” Bahar Muradova says the report of the political committee of the OSCE PA summer session comprises provisions on the conflict. |
