Charles Darwin adventure movie in development at DisneyJune 24, 2015 - 12:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Disney has launched a development on a Charles Darwin movie after acquiring an untitled pitch from Oscar-winning scribe Stephen Gaghan ("Traffic"), AceShowbiz reports citing Deadline. Stephen is onboard to direct the project from his own screenplay. According to the site, the project is an adventure movie as Charles had a bit of that Indiana Jones-like swashbuckling spirit in him. In 1831, he embarked on a daring five-year voyage on the ship HMS Beagle to chart the coastline of South America. He then made many discoveries that would come to influence the theories which made him one of the most influential figures in human history. Charles was the subject of Jeremy Thomas-produced film "Creation" (2009) starring Paul Bettany, Jennifer Connelly and Benedict Cumberbatch. The movie centered on Charles and his family as he struggled to complete his 1859 book "On the Origin of Species". The English naturalist and geologist was also included in some other movies like "The Voyage That Shook the World" (2009), "Darwin's Darkest Hour" (2009), "Burke and Hare" (2010) and "Curious Soul" (2012). Stephen is currently in pre-production to helm Black Bear Pictures' mining drama "Gold (2016)" starring Matthew McConaughey. 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. |