Tim Burton to helm Disney’s live-action "Dumbo" movieMarch 11, 2015 - 09:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Disney has found a director for their upcoming live-action "Dumbo" movie. Tim Burton is tapped for the job, and "Transformers" writer Ehren Kruger is hired to pen the screenplay based on the iconic 1941 animated film and add a unique family story that parallels Dumbo's journey, AceShowbiz said. "Dumbo" tells the story of a little circus elephant who is ridiculed for his large ears and his only true friend is a mouse. It becomes the latest classic tale that the Mouse House gives a live-action treatment following the likes of "Alice in Wonderland", "Maleficent", and "Cinderella". After releasing "Big Eyes" last year, Tim Burton is working on "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" and "Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass" for planned 2016 releases. He is also developing "Beetlejuice 2". Top stories Paris Center Pompidou Musée National d’Art Moderne will host the screening of Sergei Parajanov’s "Triptych" on December 15. 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”. Partner news | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine |