Felicity Jones’ “Swan Lake” film project lands at UniversalJuly 11, 2017 - 10:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Universal has acquired the rights to an untitled movie project based on the ballet Swan Lake with “Star Wars: Rogue One” star Felicity Jones attached to star, Variety said. “A Bigger Splash” director Luca Guadagnino is already on board to direct from a script by Kristina Lauren Anderson. Paramount was also bidding for the property, which went on the market before the Fourth of the July weekend. Mandeville Films is producing, and WME represented the package. Erik Baiers will oversee the project for Universal. “Swan Lake,” composed as a ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875, and follows a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer’s curse. The movie project will not involve any ballet. Jones starred as Jyn Erso in “Rogue One” and in “Inferno” opposite Tom Hanks. The British actress received an Academy Award nomination in Best Actress category for her work in “The Theory of Everything.” Guadagnino’s film, “Call Me by Your Name,” starring Armie Hammer, scored an impressive debut at the Sundance Film Festival and is set to be released by Sony Pictures Classics on Nov. 24. Anderson wrote “Catherine the Great,” which was No. 1 on the 2014 Black List. She is writing the series “Mrs. Hemingway” for Amazon. 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 | Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |