Steve Carell to star as paleontologist in HBO's "Bone Wars" comedy April 6, 2013 - 14:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Fresh off of working their magic on the big screen in "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone," Steve Carell and James Gandolfini are tackling the alluring world of paleontology for television, TheWrap said. "Burt Wonderstone" co-stars Carell and Gandolfini will star as rival paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Marsh in "Bone Wars," which is currently being developed by HBO Films. Set in the post-Civil War birth of American science, "Bone Wars" -- billed as a "sophisticated comedy" -- chronicles the real-life, decades-long rivalry between Marsh and Cope, which led to the discovery of more than 160 dinosaurs and the pair's mutual downward spiral. Gandolfini and Carell are also executive producing, with former "Sopranos" star Gandolfini executive producing with Alexandra Ryan for Attaboy Productions, Inc., and Carell executive producing with Thom Hinkle for Carousel Television. Deadline first reported the news of the "Bone Wars" project.   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 Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP  Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan.Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”.41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience.Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |
