Legendary Pictures options upcoming thriller novel “The Damned”December 18, 2014 - 14:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Legendary Pictures has optioned the film rights to Andrew Pyper’s upcoming novel “The Damned”, Variety said. Simon & Schuster will publish in February the book described as an elevated supernatural thriller in the vein of “The Sixth Sense” and “Jacob’s Ladder.” Legendary’s Alex Hedlund and Tracy Stevens will oversee the adaptation of the project. Pyper also has written “The Demonologist,” which Universal and Imagemovers are adapting. UTA brokered the film deal on behalf of Anne McDermid & Associates and the Gernert Co. Legendary’s upcoming films include cyberthriller “Blackhat,” “Seventh Son” and Guillermo del Toro’s “Crimson Peak.” It also is co-financing Universal’s “Jurassic World.” 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 | Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills Armenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi Arabia Pashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. U.S. doesn’t see Russia as contributing to peace in Caucasus Patel made the remarks when asked about the implications of Russia’s withdrawal of peacekeepers from Karabakh. |