Weinstein Co. picks up Elle Fanning’s animated “Ballerina”May 13, 2016 - 18:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Weinstein Co. has picked up U.S. rights to directors Eric Summer and Eric Warin’s French animated movie “Ballerina”, TheWrap has learned. Elle Fanning, pop star Carly Rae Jepsen and Maggie Ziegler are attached to voice the lead characters in the English-language version of the film, which is currently in production in Montreal, Canada. The music composer is Klaus Badelt (“Room”) and songs will be written and produced by Chris Braide, known for his collaboration with SIA, Selena Gomez and Beyoncé Fanning will voice Felicie Milliner, an 11-year-old orphan in 1880s France who aspires to become a professional ballet dancer and “borrows” a spoiled brat’s identity. She is mentored by a tough and mysterious cleaner (Jepsen) and learns that talent and hard work may not be enough to outshine her fellow students. She also finds a soul mate in an charismatic young inventor. Carole Noble and Laurent Zeitoun wrote the script. Producers include Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Yann Zenou and Laurent Zeitoun of Quad Productions, Main Journey and Andre Rouleau and Valerie D’Auteuil of Caramel Film. “Ballerina” marks the latest addition to a long-standing relationship between TWC and producers Adassaovsky, Zenou, Zeitoun who previously worked together on the acclaimed French film “The Intouchables,” which TWC is developing into an English adaptation. 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 | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |