Amy Adams to topline "Sharp Objects" mystery novel adaptationFebruary 20, 2016 - 10:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Amy Adams is not scared of "Sharp Objects". The five-time Academy Award-nominated actress has signed up to take the lead role on the small-screen adaptation of Gillian Flynn's debut novel, which was optioned by Jason Blum's Blumhouse Productions five years ago, AceShowbiz reports. Published in 2006, mystery novel "Sharp Objects" centers on reporter Camille Preaker (Adams), who returns home after a brief stay at a psych hospital. Now living at her tiny hometown, she covers the murders of two preteen girls. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the story - and survive this homecoming. Jean-Marc Vallee will direct the drama, which is being shopped to cable and streaming by Entertainment One and Blumhouse. Marti Noxon is writing the script and serving as executive producer, with Vallee, Blum and Charles Layton also executive producing. Noxon is set as showrunner. Flynn's other novels "Gone Girl" and "Dark Places" have been turned into movies, the former of which starred Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike and the latter was led by Charlize Theron. 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 | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |