SPWA nabs Malin Akerman, Taissa Farmiga comedy “The Final Girls”February 28, 2014 - 11:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) has pre-bought all worldwide rights on Groundswell Productions’ comedy “The Final Girls,” starring Malin Akerman and Taissa Farmiga. Todd Strauss-Schulson will direct with Michael London producing alongside Janice Williams through his Groundswell Prods. Described as a mix between “Back to the Future” and “Friday the 13th,” the story follows a girl grieving the loss of her mother, who was a scream queen in the 1980s. When she and her friends are mysteriously sucked into the world of her mother’s most famous horror movie, Max is reunited with her mom and must face the pic’s crazed killer. M. A. Fortin and Joshua John Miller penned the script. The deal was brokered by Michael Helfand for SPWA and David Boyle for the producers. Joe Matukewicz and Chan Phung will oversee the project for SPWA. The pic was originally set up at New Line, but when the studio couldn’t get the project off the ground, London decided to shop it elsewhere, and Sony became its new home. The movie starts shooting in April in Louisiana. Strauss-Schulson is best known for directing “A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas”. Akerman was last seen in “CBGB” as Debbie Harry; she also stars in the ABC show “Trophy Wife.” Farmiga was last seen in FX’s “American Horror Story: Coven.” Related links: 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |