Momentum nabs Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce’s Western “Brimstone”October 22, 2016 - 14:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Momentum Pictures has acquired North American rights to writer-director Martin Koolhoven’s Western Brimstone, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival, Ian Goggins, Momentum’s senior vp content, announced Friday, October 21, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. The film stars Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce, Kit Harington, Carice van Houten and Emilia Jones and tells the tale of a frontier woman who turns fugitive when she is wrongly accused of a crime she didn't commit. She is then hunted by a vengeful preacher. The film was produced by Els Vandevorst and Uwe Schott. Momentum said it plans a theatrical run and VOD release in March. The deal was negotiated on behalf of Momentum by Sejin Croninger, vp worldwide acquisitions for Entertainment One, and CAA on behalf of the filmmakers. 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 | 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. |