“The Judge” scribe to adapt elderly drug mule tale for Ruben FleischerFebruary 25, 2015 - 11:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - After helping Robert Duvall earn his latest Oscar nomination for “The Judge”, screenwriter Nick Schenk has been hired by to adapt Sam Dolnick’s New York Times Magazine article “The Sinaloa Cartel’s 90-Year-Old Drug Mule” for Imperative Entertainment, TheWrap has learned. Ruben Fleischer (“Zombieland”) is attached to direct the film, which will follow Leo Sharp, an award-winning horticulturist who secretly spent years working as one of the most trusted drug courier for Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel. Sharp was 87 when he was arrested in 2011 for transporting hundreds of kilos of cocaine to drug dealers in and around Detroit. Imperative’s Bradley Thomas, Dan Friedkin and Zak Kadison are producing with Fleischer, David Bernad of The District Production and Todd Hoffman of Bungalow Media + Entertainment. Bungalow’s Robert Friedman and Dennis Kim will executive produce, while Imperative’s Justin Levy and Jillian Apfelbaum will serve as co-producers. Apfelbaum, who co-produced “Black Dynamite,” brought the project into Imperative last fall after the NY Times Magazine published the story in June. Schenk is currently adapting “Taped” for Sony Pictures and Red Wagon, based on the Netherlands film about a young couple who accidentally record a murder awhile on vacation. He’s also writing “One Night on the Hudson” for Universal and Mary Parent‘s Disruption Entertainment. Seth Gordon will direct the comedy, which has Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day attached to star. Prior to writing “The Judge” for Warner Bros. and producer Robert Downey Jr., Schenk wrote Clint Eastwood‘s “Gran Torino,” which was honored as the best original screenplay by the National Board of Review in 2008. 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 | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. |