Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone team up for “Life of the Party” comedyApril 9, 2016 - 13:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - As they launch their latest comedy, Universal’s The Boss, Melissa McCarthy and her husband and frequent collaborator, Ben Falcone, are teaming up for another comedy, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. New Line has picked up Life of the Party, which McCarthy will star in and Falcone will direct. The duo also wrote the script and, on top of that, will produce the project, which ideally would shoot in August. The film reteams McCarthy and Falcone with New Line after the surprise hit Tammy, the 2014 comedy that grossed over $100 million worldwide — five times its $19 million budget. New Line is hoping to keep Party in a similar budgetary zone. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the film has been described as being akin in tone to the Rodney Dangerfield hit Back to School and pitched as a broad comedy playing on McCarthy's strengths. In many ways, McCarthy’s star has never been higher, and neither has her negotiating power, with all her comedies since Bridesmaids proving huge moneymakers. Boss, which Falcone directed and co-wrote, is giving Batman v. Superman a run for its money this weekend and is projected to gross in the low $20s, with a budget of $29 million. McCarthy next stars in this summer’s much-hyped Ghostbusters reboot, The Hollywood Reporter said. 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 | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |