“Ice Age” director to helm “Timeless” sci-fi fantasyOctober 14, 2014 - 14:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Fox has hired veteran animation director Carlos Saldanha to helm sci-fi fantasy movie “Timeless” as a possible franchise starter, TheWrap said. The project, based on the upcoming three-book series from Armand Baltazar, will be a live-action CG adaptation. Producers are Ridley Scott and Michael Schaefer of Scott Free Productions, Steve Tzirlin, Brooklyn Weaver of Energy Entertainment and Saldhana through his BottleCap Prods. Scott Free senior VP Michael Pruss, who brought the project into the shingle, will exec produce and oversee “Timeless.” Maresa Pullman, who oversees BottleCap, will also exec produce. The book series, to be published by HarperCollins, occurs in Chicago after a “time collision” eliminates the barriers between the past, present and future. The story follows a boy and his friends who rescue his father from a Roman general. Saldanha’s directing credits include the first three “Ice Age” films and the two “Rio” titles. He has a first-look deal at Fox. Scott directed and produced “Exodus: Gods and Kings,” which Fox opens Dec. 12. Weaver is an executive producer with Steven Spielberg on CBS’ “Extant,” starring Halle Berry, and the upcoming “Run All Night” at Warner Bros. Baltazar worked as an artist at Pixar on “Cars 2,” at Disney on “Brave” and at DreamWorks on “The Prince of Egypt.” News was first reported by The Tracking Board. 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 | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE 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. |