Comedienne Kate McKinnon to star in Amblin’s “The Lunch Witch”December 8, 2016 - 13:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Kate McKinnon is set to star in Amblin’s “The Lunch Witch”, sources confirmed to Variety. Clay Kaytis is on board to direct. Based on the book by Deb Lucke, the story follows Grunhilda, who has inherited generations worth of magical recipes. But when no one believes in magic anymore, she is forced to apply to be a school lunch lady, thanks to her knack for cooking up foul dishes. While she spends most of her time scaring the children at the school while serving them lunch, Grunhilda accidentally befriends a shy girl who needs help both at school and at home, given her timidness, something a witch like Grunhilda has a tough time following through on. Michael De Luca will produce via Michael De Luca Productions. Universal will distribute through their deal with Amblin. McKinnon is coming off a busy year, helping reboot “Ghostbusters” at Sony as a new member of the team, winning an Emmy for her work on “Saturday Night Live,” and opening the new Amblin comedy “Office Christmas Party.” Her imitation of Hillary Clinton on “SNL” also garnered much attention during the election cycle. The news was first reported by Deadline Hollywood. 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. |