"Catfish" Sundance hit team to adapt "Nerve" sci-fi novelFebruary 11, 2014 - 10:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Lionsgate has tapped Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, the directing team that broke through with the Sundance hit Catfish, to helm Nerve, The Hollywood Reporter said. Nerve is the company's adaptation of the Jeanne Ryan YA novel being produced by Allison Shearmur. The novel tells of a high school senior wallflower who, in an attempt to broaden her horizons, joins a global online game of provocative truth or dare while an audience of "watchers" vote and comment. But as she becomes a sensation and advances higher and higher, the game evolves and soon she finds herself in a dangerous and life-ending situation. Jessica Sharzer, a writer and exec producer on American Horror Story, wrote the adaptation. Nerve, published in 2012 by Penguin Groups division Dial Books, was in the Los Angeles Times Fall 2012 roundup of young adult fiction and has been translated into six different languages. Catfish garnered Joost and Schulman Hollywood attention, and the two have since gone on to direct Paranormal Activity 3 and 4. Catfish has also gone on to become a hit MTV show. The duo are in pre-production on an untitled thriller for Blumhouse, IM Global and The Weinstein Co. and are attached to direct The Monkey Wrench Gang, an adaptation of a 1975 Edward Abbey novel being produced by Ed Pressman and Gary Burden. Related links: 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 | 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 children Moscow 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. |