Rooney Mara to topline “A House in the Sky” memoir adaptationJune 26, 2014 - 17:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Rooney Mara is going on a harrowing adventure. Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures has optioned the memoir “A House in the Sky,” written by Amanda Linhout and Sara Corbett, for the “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” actress to star in and co-produce, TheWrap said. The book, released in 2013, “is the dramatic and redemptive memoir of Amanda Lindhout, whose deep passion for exploration of the world's most remote and perilous places took an unexpected turn when she was abducted in 2008 in Mogadishu, Somalia by a rebel terrorist group.” The book is described as “an astoundingly intimate and harrowing account of Lindhout's fifteen months in captivity, [which] illuminates the psychology, motivations, and desperate extremism of her captors all the while as she is kept in chains, nearly starved and subjected to unthinkable abuse.” Mara recently featured in Spike Jonze‘s “Her” and David Lowery's “Ain't Them Bodies Saints,” and will star as Tiger Lily in Warner Bros. live action “Pan.” 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. |