Oscar-nommed Felicity Jones to star in “Swan Lake” movie July 7, 2017 - 10:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Talk about fireworks: A hot pitch starring Rogue One: A Star Wars Story actress Felicity Jones that hit the town just before the Fourth of July holiday has sparked multiple studio offers. The pitch, from Kristina Lauren Anderson (Catherine the Great), is inspired by the classic ballet story Swan Lake. The project has Jones attached to star and Call Me by Your Name helmer Luca Guadagnino attached to direct, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. Sources say several studios — including Universal, Paramount and TriStar — have put in bids, along with other production banners. Mandeville Films is producing, and WME is representing the hot film package. Swan Lake, composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, is one of the most popular ballets of all time. The story follows Odette, a princess that is turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse. Darren Aronofsky's 2010 thriller Black Swan used the play as inspiration for its story, but did not follow the storyline of the classic ballet. This new retelling would not be a ballet but would be a tentpole film based on the story told in the ballet. Anderson wrote Catherine the Great, which was No. 1 on the 2014 Black List. She is writing the limited series Mrs. Hemingway for Jude Law at Amazon, and has recently written projects such as The Briefcase for Greg Berlanti and Casey Affleck at Paramount, Invisibility at Warner Bros. and the Life and Death in Eden for Eric Newman and Studio Canal. She also was a consulting producer on TNT's upcoming event series The Alienist. She is repped by WME and MGMT Entertainment. Jones starred in Star Wars spinoff Rogue One, the drama A Monster Calls and Inferno opposite Tom Hanks. She previously received an Oscar nomination for her work in The Theory of Everything. Guadagnino's latest film, Call Me by Your Name, starring Armie Hammer, was a breakout at Sundance and is set to be released by Sony Pictures Classics on Nov. 24. The helmer is in postproduction on fantasy-horror thriller Suspiria, which centers on a ballerina who trains at a German dance academy and stars Chloe Moritz and Tilda Swinton. Guadagnino also is attached to direct the drama Rio.  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 |  Latest news Protesters rally as Georgia debates 'foreign agent' bill  Georgian critics label the bill "the Russian law", comparing it to legislation used by the Kremlin to crack down on dissent.Former Pashinyan envoy urges end to Genocide speculation Marukyan has urged authorities in Armenia stop discussions about verifying the names of 1.5 million victims.Azerbaijan, Jordan sign deal on defense cooperation Azerbaijan and Jordan have signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of defense, according to an official statement.First Canadian expert join EU mission in Armenia The first Canadian expert to join the European Union’s civilian mission in Armenia has arrived in Armenia. |
