"Pan's Labyrinth" helmer quits "Beauty and the Beast" remakeJune 14, 2014 - 16:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Guillermo del Toro has quit as director of upcoming live-action Beauty and the Beast remake Beauty due to other work commitments, Digital Spy said. The Pan's Labyrinth director's retelling of the classic fairy tale has Emma Watson attached to star. However, Deadline reports that del Toro has now withdrawn as director but will still produce with Denise DiNovi, while he also wrote the script. Warner Bros has already started the process of finding a new director. Meanwhile, Twilight's Bill Condon will also bring Beauty and the Beast back to the big screen in another live-action project at Disney. Disney's animated version of Beauty and the Beast drew an estimated $425 million worldwide back in 1991. Photo: Total Film 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 | 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. |