Paul Feig to helm female engineer comedy “Turned On” for FoxNovember 11, 2016 - 11:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “Ghostbusters” director Paul Feig has come on board to helm female engineer movie comedy “Turned On” for Fox, Variety reports. The studio has picked up a script by Charlie Kesslering, an assistant to host James Corden on “The Late Late Show With James Corden.” He’s a former CAA assistant. The script centers on a socially awkward engineer who creates an android to fill in for her. The scheme backfires when robot becomes self-actualized. Jessie Henderson, co-president of Feigco Entertainment, will also produce. Dan Magnante will oversee the project for the company. Feigco is based at Fox. His directing credits include “Unaccompanied Minors,” “Bridesmaids,” “Spy,” “The Heat” and the untitled mother-daughter comedy starring Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn, which Fox will release May 12, 2017. Feig also was a producer on “The Peanuts Movie” for Fox. He created the comedy series “Freaks and Geeks” along with directed episodes of “The Office” and “Arrested Development.” 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. |