"Sin City" helmer to direct live-action "Jonny Quest" movieMay 27, 2015 - 09:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Robert Rodriguez is set to direct and co-write live-action "Jonny Quest" movie. Warner Bros. picks Robert and Terry Rossio to write a script for the movie based on a draft by Dan Mazeau. Dan Lin ("The Lego Movie") and Adrian Askarieh ("Hitman: Agent 47") will produce the movie, AceShowbiz reports. Warner. Bros has developed a feature film version of the '60s Hanna-Barbera cartoon series for quite some time. Previously, multiple directors like Andy Fick ("Race to Witch Mountain), Peter Segal ("Grudge Match") and Richard Donner ("Superman") have tried to get the film off the ground. "Jonny Quest" centers on the global adventure of Jonny, who is an 11-year-old son of scientist Dr. Benton Quest, his pal Hadji Singh and their tough and charismatic bodyguard Race Bennon. Zac Efron and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson were previously in talks to star as Jonny and Race in a movie version which was never produced. Robert was the producer and director of "Spy Kids" film franchise, including "Spy Kids", "Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams", "Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over" and "Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World". He also co-produced and co-directed two "Sin City" movies "Sin City" and "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For". 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. |