Oscar-winning "In the Heat of the Night" may get TV treatmentOctober 9, 2014 - 18:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Oscar-winning film "In the Heat of the Night" may get another TV remake. Showtime and MGM Television are teaming up to develop a new series based on the 1967 film directed by Norman Jewison and starring Sidney Poitier, AceShowbiz said. "The Help" helmer Tate Taylor will direct and write the project, in addition to serving as executive producer alongside Warren Littlefield ("Fargo") and John Norris ("Get on Up"). The new show is dubbed "an exploration of character and race set in modern-day Mississippi." The drama movie which won five Oscars, including for Best Picture, at the 40th annual Academy Awards, was based on John Ball's 1965 novel about a white man and a black man working together to solve a murder investigation in a racially hostile Southern town. It was later adapted into a 1988 TV series on NBC. Starring Carroll O'Connor and Howard Rollins, the show later moved to CBS and lasted for seven seasons. It also spawned four made-for-TV movies. 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. |