J.J. Abrams goes to space for new docuseries, “Moon Shot” March 4, 2016 - 13:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot, Oscar-nominated director Orlando von Einsiedel and Epic Digital have joined Google for a space-themed docuseries, Moon Shot, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. The web series follows 16 teams from around the world competing for the Google Lunar XPRIZE, which rewards the winning team with $30 million. The competition "aims to incentivize entrepreneurs to create a new era of affordable access to the moon and beyond, while inspiring the next generation of scientists, engineers and explorers." Moon Shot will air over a total of nine short films, the first of which premiering on Google Play on March 15 and on YouTube on March 17. Each episode follows the teams throughout the competition, which tasks them with successfully planning a mission that places an unmanned spacecraft on the moon's surface.   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 |  Latest news 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.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |
