Sony developing Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist” re-imaging February 12, 2013 - 18:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Sony is updating Oliver Twist with Dodge and Twist, an adventurous take featuring the characters from Charles Dickens’ classic novel with Cole Haddon, the creator of the NBC’s upcoming Dracula show, writing the script, The Hollywood Reporter said. Matt Tolmach is producing alongside Ahmet Zappa and his Monsterfoot Productions. The project is set on an idea by Zappa and not on the more serious book of the same name by Tony Lee. Taking a page out of the recent Robert Downey Jr.-starring Sherlock Holmes movies, Twist takes pickpocketing rivals Oliver Twist and Artful Dodger and re-imagines them 20 years down the road. The two are on opposite sides of the law and get embroiled in an affair to steal the Crown Jewels. Hannah Minghella and Andrea Giannetti are overseeing this project, which is considered a favorite of the production team and is on the development fast track. Haddon’s Dracula is currently casting, with King Kong and The River alum Thomas Kretschmann joining the Jonathan Rhys Meyers period drama in the legendary role of Abraham Van Helsing. Haddon (ICM, Anonymous Content and Felker Toczek) also is writing Savage Planet for Sony. Tolmach is producing the aforementioned Savage Planet and is in preproduction on The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Both projects are being produced with Avi Arad. Zappa was a producer on Disney’s The Odd Life of Timothy Green, which was based on his idea, and is developing a big-screen version of Fraggle Rock.   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 Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants  Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province.Armenia calls for prohibiting threats of attacks on nuclear facilities Armenia has raised the need for a treaty prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes.Armenia says ready to extend nuclear plant’s lifetime by 10 years Armenia has taken necessary measures to extend the lifetime of its nuclear power plant until 2036.Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. |
