Ellen DeGeneres to produce "Uprooted" fantasy novel adaptation June 9, 2015 - 13:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ellen DeGeneres is teaming up with her partner at A Very Good Production banner, Jeff Kleeman, to produce an adaptation of Naomi Novik's new fantasy novel "Uprooted", AceShowbiz reports citing The Hollywood Reporter. Warner Bros. won a heated bidding war against Lionsgate and Fox 2000 for the movie rights. Niija Kuykendall and Julia Spiro will oversee the project for the studio. The book, which was released on May 21, tells a story of "a young woman named Agnieszka, who lives near the border of an evil wood, with only a wizard named Dragon who seems to keep the danger at bay. The price for the man's protection is that a woman from the village is sent to serve him for 10 years, and to everyone's surprise, the rather plain Agnieszka is selected. Thus the adventurous journey begins." "Uprooted" has been described as inspired with shades of "Beauty and the Beast" and "Howl's Moving Castle". Naomi's award-winning book series "Temeraire" was optioned by Peter Jackson back in 2006. At that time, Peter said the book series "is a terrific meld of two genres that I particularly love-fantasy and historical epic. I can't wait to see Napoleonic battles fought with a squadron of dragons. That's what I go to the movies 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 |  Latest news Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |
