New Line to pick up James and Dave Franco‘s “The Disaster Artist”October 30, 2015 - 16:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - New Line is in negotiations to pick up the rights for James and Dave Franco‘s “The Disaster Artist”, TheWrap said citing an individual with knowledge of the project. James Franco will direct, based on a script written by Tom Bissell and Scott Neustadter. The film will take a fun, in-depth look at how filmmaker Tommy Wiseau came up with the idea for the cult movie “The Room,” which has been declared by many critics as one of the worst films ever made. James Franco will play Wiseau, and Dave Franco will star as Greg Sestero, who costarred in “The Room.” “The Disaster Artist” details Sestero’s involvement in the making of the film. Franco’s production company Rabbit Bandini is producing alongside Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg‘s Point Grey banner and Good Universe, whose Erin Westerman is overseeing the project for the company. Rabbit Bandini also produced Franco’s “Zeroville,” in which he stars alongside Seth Rogen, Megan Fox, Joey King, Jacki Weaver, Dave Franco, Danny McBride and Craig Robinson. It it set for a 2016 release. 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 | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |