Greg Kinnear to star in "Heaven Is for Real" bestseller adaptationMarch 20, 2013 - 14:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Greg Kinnear is in negotiations to star in Heaven Is for Real, Sony Pictures’ adaptation of the best-selling true-life book by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent, The Hollywood Reporter said. Joe Roth, coming off the $80 million opening of Oz the Great and Powerful, will produce with T.D. Jakes. Randall Wallace (Secretariat) is directing. Burpo is the small-town pastor whose 4-year-old son purportedly died during surgery and went to heaven. The boy awoke with wild descriptions of where he had been, but neither the boy’s father nor friends and family believed him until he began to reveal details that he simply could not have known. The inspirational book became a sensation when it was released in 2010, hitting the New York Times best-seller charts in within three weeks. By April 2012, more than a million copies has been sold. Sony picked up the rights in May 2011. Subject to a closing a deal, Kinnear would play the boy’s father, the pastor. The project is being overseen at Sony's TriStar division by DeVon Franklin. Kinnear recently nabbed the lead in the highly sought-after Fox pilot Rake, which he also is executive producing. Sam Raimi, whose Oz the Great and Powerful has been No. 1 at the domestic box office the past two weekends, just came on board to direct it, making it one of the hottest TV projects in town. The pilot shoots at the end of the month, and should it go to series, the schedule would have to be worked out to allow for a Heaven shoot. Insiders say it won’t be a problem. Kinnear, who also will shoot a bit for Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, nabbed an Oscar nom for his supporting role in As Good as It Gets. Other credits include ReelzChannel's miniseries The Kennedys and the features I Don't Know How She Does It, Little Miss Sunshine and Auto Focus. 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. |