Ridley Scott to helm “Wraiths of the Broken Land” WesternMay 11, 2016 - 17:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ridley Scott will direct Fox’s movie adaptation of S. Craig Zahler’s Western novel “Wraiths of the Broken Land,” reteaming with “The Martian” writer Drew Goddard, Variety said. The film will be produced by Scott Free’s Michael Schaefer, Genre Films’ Simon Kinberg, Aditya Sood and Drew Goddard. “Wraiths of the Broken Land,” published in 2013, is set in Mexico around 1900 with two sisters forced into prostitution at a gentlemen’s club. The sisters’ two brothers and their father attempt to rescue them through their outlaw gang which also includes a former slave, an Indian and a brutal gunman (or “wraith”) who is the tactical leader. “The Martian” grossed over $630 million worldwide for Fox. It received seven Academy Award nominations, included a best adapted screenplay nod for Goddard. Zahler directed horror Western “Bone Tomahawk” from his own script. He wrote “Wraiths” after another Western novel, “A Congregation of Jackals.” Scott has started shooting “Alien: Convenant” in New Zealand for Fox as a sequel to “Prometheus” with Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Danny McBride and Demián Bichir starring. The film is scheduled to be released on Aug. 4, 2017. Steve Asbell is overseeing for Fox. The news was first reported by Deadline Hollywood. Photo: Collider 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 | Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops. Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills Armenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi Arabia Pashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |