Ridley Scott, Steve Zaillian to adapt “The Day Britain Stopped” disaster movieJuly 27, 2012 - 20:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ridley Scott is planning an adaptation of The Day Britain Stopped, Digital Spy said, citing The Hollywood Reporter. The director will produce a disaster movie for 20th Century Fox based on the 2003 BBC fictional documentary drama alongside Steve Zaillian. The original docudrama was based around a catastrophic event which sees all of Britain's transport systems grind to a halt on a freezing December day. Services are crippled across the country as major and minor accidents prevent essential workers including doctors, nurses, air traffic controllers and firemen from travelling to where they are needed. As the police attempt to implement a last-ditch contingency plan, two planes collide in the skies over West London. The film is inspired by the original rather than a direct adaptation. Scott and Zaillian are shopping for a writer to produce a script that sets the disaster against a global background. The Prometheus director will next helm The Counselor with Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Penelope Cruz and Dean Norris. 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. |