“Bates Motel” actress to topline “Me & Earl & the Dying Girl”March 13, 2014 - 18:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “Bates Motel” actress Olivia Cooke is in talks to star in the Indian Paintbrush movie “Me & Earl & the Dying Girl”, TheWrap reported. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (“The Town That Dreaded Sundown”) will direct, while Dan Fogelman (“Imagine”) will produce. Jesse Andrews adapted his own debut novel, and the screenplay was voted to the Top 10 of the 2012 Black List. A coming-of-age tale in the vein of classic John Hughes movies, “Me & Earl” follows a quirky high school student in Pittsburgh who is forced by his mother to befriend a sick girl he once knew when they attended Hebrew school together. Well-liked by every clique in school without actually belonging to any of them, the young man's commitment to the new friendship changes his life. While her deal has not closed, Cooke is negotiating to accept an offer to play the female lead, who battles leukemia in the novel. A representative for Indian Paintbrush told TheWrap that no actors have been cast yet, as the company is still searching for the movie's male star, who will obviously need to have chemistry with his leading lady. The 20 year-old actress has been in high demand among genre producers of late, as she has Focus’ “The Signal” and Lionsgate's “The Quiet Ones” on the horizon, as well as Universal's “Ouija.” While “Me & Earl” will represent an entirely different acting challenge than that trio of films, Cooke has experience playing illness on screen, as her “Bates Motel” character Emma Decody suffers from cystic fibrosis. 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 | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |