Viola Davis, Julia Roberts star in “Small Great Things” novel adaptation January 31, 2017 - 15:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Viola Davis and Julia Roberts are starring in a movie version of Jodi Picoult’s novel “Small Great Things” for Amblin Partners, Variety reports. The attachment of Davis comes a day after she won a SAG Award for best supporting actress for “Fences.” “La La Land” producer Marc Platt is on board through his Marc Platt Prods., along with Adam Siegel. “Small Great Things” centers on a labor/delivery nurse who takes care of newborns at a Connecticut hospital who’s ordered not touch the baby of a white supremacist couple. When the baby dies in her care, she’s then taken to court by the couple. Roberts has been nominated for four Academy Awards and won Best Actress in 2001 for “Erin Brockovich.” Davis scored her third Oscar nomination for “Fences” in reprising her Tony-award portrayal for the film. Picoult wrote “My Sister’s Keeper,” which was adapted into a movie directed by Nick Cassavettes in 2009. Platt and Amblin teamed on Tom Hanks’ 2015 thriller “Bridge of Spies.” Platt’s producing credits include “Legally Blonde,” “Rachel Getting Married” and “2 Guns.” He’s received back-to-back Best Picture Oscar nominations for “Bridge of Spies” and “La La Land.” 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 |  Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.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. |
