“Me Before You” helmer to adapt YA novel “The Selection”June 18, 2016 - 16:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Fresh off the success of “Me Before You”, director Thea Sharrock is attached to helm an adaptation of the young adult novel “The Selection” for Warner Bros., Variety reports. Written by Kiera Cass, “The Selection” is a 2012 book about America Singer, one of 35 women chosen to compete for a prince’s affections. The protagonist is torn between the opulence of royal life, and a secret relationship she was involved in before the competition started. Scribe Katie Lovejoy adapted the book to screenplay. DiNovi Pictures’ Denise Di Novi and Alison Greenspan are producing for Warner Bros. along with Pouya Shahbazian. Julia Spiro is overseeing the project for the studio. The deal comes on the heels of Sharrock’s helming the romantic drama “Me Before You,” which stars Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin. The film has over-performed at the box office. With a budget of $20 million, its domestic totals have already topped $41 million, prompting the studio to look hard for Sharrock’s next pic. “Me Before You” was Sharrock’s feature film directorial debut. She previously worked primarily in British theatre, and also the BBC miniseries “The Hollow Crown” in which she directed Tom Hiddleston in the chapter “Henry V.” 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |