Weinstein Co. picks up "The Host" helmer’s "Snowpiercer" thriller November 13, 2012 - 18:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Weinstein Company has acquired rights to "Snowpiercer" an action film starring Jamie Bell, Chris Evans and Tilda Swinton, TheWrap said. It will handle the post-apocalyptic thriller's rollout in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. The film, which is adapted from a French graphic novel, co-stars Song Kang-ho, John Hurt, Ed Harris, Octavia Spencer, Ewen Bremner and Alison Pill. Bong Joon Ho, whose often satiric horror film "The Host" was a critical favorite, directs. The film is set in a grim future where a failed attempt to stop global warming results in an Ice Age. In the movie, a train of survivors travels around the frosty planet, while a revolution begins brewing. The Weinstein Company snagged the rights from CJ Entertainment.   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 U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west  Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow.Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for childrenMoscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said.Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |
