Lionsgate/Roadside nabs “Love & Mercy” Beach Boys biopic September 11, 2014 - 15:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Lionsgate/Roadside has acquired North American rights to Bill Pohlad's Beach Boys biopic Love & Mercy. A source pegs the deal at $3 million, The Hollywood Reporter said. John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks and Paul Giamatti star in the film, which made its world premiere Sept. 7 at the Elgin Theatre. Written by Oren Moverman and Michael Alan Lerner, Love & Mercy chronicles Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson's decades-long struggles with mental health and substance abuse issues. Paul Dano and John Cusack play younger and older iterations of Wilson. Given the film's high-profile subject matter, Love & Mercy drew immediate interest from buyers, including Fox Searchlight and Sony. The film, from River Road Entertainment and Battle Mountain Films, marks veteran producer and financier Pohlad's feature directing debut. Pohlad, Claire Rudnick Polstein and John Wells produced, while Ann Ruark, Jim Lefkowitz and Moverman executive produced.  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 |  Latest news European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan  The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE.Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide.Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |
