George RR Martin unveils plans for New Mexico production studioMarch 18, 2017 - 15:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - George RR Martin has unveiled plans for a new non-profit film production studio, NME reveals. The studio, to be called Stagecoach Foundation, will be built in Sante Fe, New Mexico, in a 30,000-square foot former biotech space. Martin, author of A Song Of Ice And Fire and co-executive producer of its TV adaptation, Game Of Thrones, hopes the facility will drawn in a mix of established Hollywood names and new talent, in addition to offering space for a production HQ, editing facilities and much more. The Coen Brothers, who filmed part of their modern western No Country For Old Men in the state, plan to collaborate with Stagecoach for one of their upcoming films, according to local paper, The Albuquerque Journal. On his LiveJournal account, long used by Martin to address fans, he wrote, “Our dream is to bring more jobs to the people of Santa Fe, and to help train the young people of the city for careers in the entertainment industry, through internships, mentoring, and education.” HBO recently confirmed Game Of Thrones will return for its seventh series in July, while also adding that series eight will consist of just six episodes. Top stories Paris Center Pompidou Musée National d’Art Moderne will host the screening of Sergei Parajanov’s "Triptych" on December 15. 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”. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |