Sony picks up film rights to “Indestructible” WWII book June 30, 2014 - 13:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Sony has nabbed the film rights to the upcoming WWII nonfiction book Indestructible: How a Pilot's Quest to Rescue His Family Changed the Course of the Pacific War, The Hollywood Reporter said. Mark Gordon will produce the project for Sony. The book, written by John Bruning, follows the story of U.S. Air Force legend Paul "Pappy" Gunn, an airline pilot whose family was imprisoned by the Japanese in the Philippines at the infamous Santo Tomas Internment Camp. During the Pacific War, he was an adviser to the Air Force, helping to reinvent aerial warfare and change the tide of the war in the Allies' favor. Michael DeLuca, Rachel O’Connor and Eric Fineman are overseeing for Sony while Drew Simon and Michele Wolkoff are overseeing for The Mark Gordon Co. Indestructible is slated to hit shelves in 2016 via Hachette Books. Gersh handled the film rights.  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 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. |
