Cinedigm nabs Colin Firth’s “Arthur Newman” comedyNovember 11, 2012 - 17:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Cinedigm Entertainment Group has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the comedy/drama Arthur Newman and plans a theatrical release in mid-2013, The Hollywood Reporter said. The movie, which stars Colin Firth and Emily Blunt, is the story of the mid-life crisis of a man (Firth) who hates his job while his ex-wife and son hate him. He stages his own death and then takes on a new identity as Arthur Newman. Things change when he meets a woman (Blunt) also trying to leave her past behind and they move in together. The screenplay was written by Becky Johnson (Prince of Tides, Seven Years In Tibet) with Dante Ariola making his feature directing debut. It is produced by Mac Cappuccino of Vertebra Film and Brian Oliver of Cross Creek, along with Alisa Tager and Becky Johnson. The executive producers are Andy Cappuccino, Helen Cappuccino, Natalie G. Hill, Lisa Bruce, James Holt, Eric Greenfield. After it plays theaters, Cinedigm will roll out the movie on-demand, for premium digital, on DVD and for television. The filmmakers were represented by the UTA Independent Film Group, CAA and Eric Greenfield. Vincent Scordino represented Cinedigm. Focus Features International is selling Arthur Newman in the rest of the world. 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. |