Michael Fassbender-Alicia Vikander drama release date setFebruary 10, 2016 - 12:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander's The Light Between Oceans will open in theaters nationwide on Sept. 2, the beginning of the fall awards season, Disney and DreamWorks announced Tuesday, Feb. 9, The Hollywood Reporter revealed. Directed by Derek Cianfrance, the wrenching drama is based on the best-selling debut novel from M.L. Stedman and also stars Rachel Weisz. Set on a remote island off the coast of Western Australia in the years following World War I, the story follows a lighthouse keeper and his wife who are faced with a moral dilemma when a boat washes ashore with a dead man and a baby who is alive. When they decide to raise the child as their own, the consequences of their choice are devastating. Light Between Oceans will be released via Disney's Touchstone label, even though DreamWorks recently signed a new distribution deal with Universal. The plan was always to keep the keep the film with Disney, since it was shot in 2014. Participant Media, which is now DreamWorks' official partner via the newly constituted Amblin Partners, co-financed the film with Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks. Heyday Films' David Heyman of Harry Potter fame and Jeffrey Clifford are producing Light Between Oceans. 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 | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |