Don DeLillo bestseller “White Noise” to get film treatmentOctober 18, 2016 - 17:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Uri Singer’s BB Film Productions has optioned movie rights to Don DeLillo’s eighth novel “White Noise”, with filmmaker Michael Almereyda set to adapt the screenplay, Variety reports. The book follows a professor of Hitler studies at a Midwestern liberal arts college whose life is changed when an industrial accident unleashes a noxious chemical cloud over his town. The project is the fourth collaboration between Almereyda and Singer, who previously worked together on “Experimenter,” starring Peter Sarsgaard and Winona Ryder, and “Marjorie Prime,” which stars Geena Davis, Tim Robbins, Lois Smith and Jon Hamm. The two are also currently developing Almereyda’s biopic about inventor Nicola Tesla. “I think the book combines a sense of humor with a sense of menace,” Singer said. “The book has great dialogue and features many cinematic episodes. It radiates an appreciation of American life but also elements of satire. There’s a central love story between a husband and wife, but with an awareness of the secrets and fears that they keep from one another. Despite a bloody confrontation at the end, tragedy is averted.” BB Film Productions is currently in casting for “Rich,” based on “The King of Oil,” the biography of Marc Rich by Daniel Ammann. Matt Rager is adapting the screenplay. The company has previously produced “Open Road,” starring Andy Garcia and Juliette Lewis, and “Like Sunday, Like Run,” starring Debra Messing, Billie Joe Armstrong and Leighton Meester 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 | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |