Ben Affleck to direct, star in big screen version of “Live By Night” novelMay 8, 2013 - 17:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ben Affleck's next project will be an adaptation of Live By Night, Digital Spy said. The Playlist reports that Affleck will write, direct and star in the big-screen version of Dennis Lehane's novel, which takes place in Prohibition-era Boston. The story centres on Joe Coughlin (Affleck), the son of a cop who becomes involved in the world of organised crime and "journeys from Tampa to Cuba, encountering various dames, lowlifes and more in a tale of revenge and redemption". Affleck's directorial debut, 2007's Gone Baby Gone, was adapted from Lehane's novel of the same name. His political thriller Argo, in which he starred as CIA operative Tony Mendez, won this year's Academy Award for Best Picture. 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. |