Legendary soccer star Pele heads off to Cannes to sell biopicMay 10, 2013 - 15:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Legendary Brazilian soccer star Pele will be in Cannes to kick off a movie about his life that is being directed by Michael Zimbalist and Jeff Zimbalist for Imagine Entertainment and Seine Pictures, The Hollywood Reporter said. The film Pele will tell Pele's life story, from humble beginnings through leading “Brazil to its first ever world cup victory in 1958,” according to an announcement. Pele will also exec produce the film, which is being shopped by Exclusive Media International, beginning with an introduction by Exclusive’s president of international sales and distribution Alex Walton at the annual film festival. The Zimbalist brothers directed and produced The Two Escobars, a Cannes 2010 film which was released by Disney / ESPN Films and earned an Emmy nomination. Jeff Zimbalist also directed Favela Rising, for which he won the Best Emerging Filmmaker Award at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival, and a 2006 Emmy nomination. 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. |