J.J. Abrams working on event series about Michael Jackson's final daysJune 21, 2016 - 15:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - J.J. Abrams is making an event series about Michael Jackson's final days. The "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" director is teaming up with author Tavis Smiley to adapt his upcoming book "Before You Judge Me: The Triumph and Tragedy of Michael Jackson's Last Days" into a TV show, AceShowbiz reports. The series, which has Abrams and Smiley as executive producers alongside Ben Stephenson and David Brewington, is in development at Warner Bros. TV. A network has not yet been attached. The book is due in stores on Tuesday, June 21. "Before You Judge Me" is described as "a taut novelistic rendering of the final months in the life of one of the most iconic figures in modern popular culture, Michael Jackson." The book examines "the soaring highs and deep lows faced by the late pop star - his constant hunt for privacy in a life that was more public than almost any other, and the pressures he endured as someone whose fame made him socially fragile and almost unable to live." Plans to adapt Smiley's work for TV series were first announced last September. At the time, it was also announced that his novel about Maya Angelou, "My Journey with Maya", would be the next book to be adapted with help from Abrams. This is the second time Smiley has teamed up with Abrams' company Bad Robot Productions to adapt one of his books into a series. An event series based on Smiley's 2014 book "Death of a King: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Year" was previously announced, but has yet to be made. 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 | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |