Fox Animation nabs “Xander & the Island of Lost Monsters” fantasy book November 11, 2016 - 12:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Fox Animation has picked up the rights to children's book Momotaro: Xander and the Island of Lost Monsters, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. Margaret Dilloway, best known for chick lit fare, such as How to Be an American Housewife, tapped into her Japanese heritage to pen the book, which is partially based on a Japanese folktale. The story tells of a sixth grader named Xander Miyamoto who hopes to spend spring break with his best friend. But when his father disappears, he and his pal go on a journey rife with monsters and demons from Japanese myths. The studio is now on the hunt for a writer. Darlene Caamaño Loquet will oversee the project for the studio. Dilloway is repped by UTA.   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 |  Latest 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. |
