Oscar-nommed Paul Greengrass to adapt George Orwell's "1984"November 22, 2014 - 15:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Paul Greengrass has a new project under his belt. Deadline reports that the Academy Award-nominated director is set to sit behind the lens for an adaptation of George Orwell's novel "1984" for Sony Pictures. Scott Rudin and Gina Rosenblum will produce, while James Graham writes the script, AceShowbiz said. "1984", published in 1948, tells the story of the future world where people are facing omnipresent surveillance by an entity called "Big Brother". The book was first adapted for screen in 1956 with Edmond O'Brien, Michael Redgrave and Jan Sterling among the cast members. Another adaptation was released in 1984. Starring John Hurt, the flick had Michael Radford as director. Greengrass and Rudin previously worked together in "Captain Phillips". Their next project together is Martin Luther King movie "Memphis". The director will also work with Matt Damon in the next installment of "The Bourne Identity" movie, "Bourne 5". 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. |