Reese Witherspoon’s Wall Street comedy “Opening Belle” finds scribeDecember 2, 2015 - 17:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Warner Bros. is moving ahead with Reese Witherspoon’s Wall Street comedy “Opening Belle”, tapping Matthew Aldrich to adapt Maureen Sherry Klinsky’s upcoming novel, Variety reports. The novel, due to be published by Simon and Schuster next year, is a comedic version of a woman juggling motherhood with a career on Wall Street in 2007, when she must deal with the impending financial crisis while raising three children. The novel is loosely based on Klinsky’s real-life experience working as a managing director at Bear Stearns. Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea set up the project in June through their Pacific Standard banner with an eye to Witherspoon starring. Julia Spiro and Chantal Nong are overseeing for Warner Bros. Pacific Standard has been active in developing projects based on novels with female protagonists, including “Wild” and “Gone Girl,” Jessica Knoll’s “Luckiest Girl Alive” at Lionsgate, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon’s “Ashley’s War” at Fox 2000 and a Barbie doll origins movie at Bold Films. Aldrich’s credits include “The Ballad Of Pablo Escobar” and “Father Daughter Time: A Tale of Armed Robbery And Eskimo Kisses,” set up in 2011 at Warner Bros. with Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. The news was first reported by Deadline Hollywood. 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 | Viva-MTS: Tech solutions to modernize infrastructure of border village The border village has been the focus of Viva-MTS and the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Values since 2015. Ucom's fixed network launched in Artashat To mark this occasion, the company has introduced a special offer exclusively for Artashat residents. “By Your Side”: IDBank's new support program for displaced Artsakh citizens IDBank is launching a long-term social support program for forcibly displaced Artsakh residents. 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. |