Gus Van Sant to direct "Death Note" popular manga adaptationJuly 9, 2014 - 14:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Death Note", a big-screen adaptation of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's popular manga, has got a new director. According to Tracking Board, Gus Van Sant ("Good Will Hunting", "Milk") is tapped to sit behind the lens for the Hollywood version of the Japanese comic. The project has been in development hell at Warner Bros. since 2009. Shane Black ("Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang", "Iron Man 3") was once attached to helm the upcoming flick, but he eventually left due to creative differences regarding Light's mission and the use of shinigami. Rumor has it, Black opposed WB's plan to change Yagami's background story into one of vengeance instead of justice and to remove shinigami. The latest draft of script was written by Black along with Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry. The story of the manga series centers on a high school student who despises crime and corruption. When he discovers a supernatural notebook through which he could kill a person simply by writing down the person's name, he uses it to clean the world from criminals. Photo: Interview Magazine 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. |