Bleecker Street nabs Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon's “What They Had”May 10, 2017 - 12:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Bleecker Street has bought North American distribution rights to Elizabeth Chomko’s drama, “What They Had”, starring Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Blythe Danner, Robert Forster, and Taissa Farmiga, Variety said. The film was produced by Keith Kjarval, Bill Holderman, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa, Alex Saks, and Andrew Duncan. “What They Had” centers on a family in crisis. Swank’s character returns home to Chicago at the urging of her brother (Shannon) to deal with her mother’s Alzheimer’s and her father’s reluctance to let go of their life together. Danner and Forster portray the parents. Production recently wrapped in Chicago and Los Angeles. The film will be released in 2018. “I was incredibly moved by Elizabeth’s story of a family working through their collective issues and the heartache of dealing with a loved one affected by Alzheimer’s,” said Andrew Karpen, CEO of Bleecker Street. “We know audiences will relate to the characters’ love, compassion and humor in dealing with each other.” Swank is an executive producer along with Wayne Godfrey, Robert Jones, Sefton Fincham, Levi Sheck, and Mike Rowe. The deal was negotiated between Kent Sanderson and Avy Eschenasy on behalf of Bleecker Street, and WME Global 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 | Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. Armenia calls for prohibiting threats of attacks on nuclear facilities Armenia has raised the need for a treaty prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes. Armenia says ready to extend nuclear plant’s lifetime by 10 years Armenia has taken necessary measures to extend the lifetime of its nuclear power plant until 2036. Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. |