A24 acquires Colin Farrell drama “The Killing of a Sacred Deer”May 12, 2016 - 11:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A24 has acquired the U.S. rights to Colin Farrell drama “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” at Cannes Film Festival, TheWrap has learned. In February, the film distribution company acquired the U.S. rights to “The Lobster” starring Farrell and Rachel Weisz amid financial problems within Alchemy, the company that picked up the film at Cannes last year. Yorgos Lanthimos, who also directed “The Lobster,” will helm the project. Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Element Pictures are producing the film, while Film4 and New Sparta Films financed its development. “Killing of a Sacred Deer” is inspired by a Euripides tragedy and follows Steven, a surgeon, and a teenage boy who seeks to integrate Steven into his family. When the young boy’s action become sinister, the surgeon’s seemingly perfect life falls apart and he must make sacrifices. The filmmakers negotiated the deal directly with A24. CAA is representing the domestic rights. 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 | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |