Oscar winner Julia Roberts to produce, star in “Batkid Begins” remakeJanuary 24, 2015 - 12:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Batkid’s takeover of Hollywood continues. Julia Roberts is attached to produce and star in a feature remake of the documentary “Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World,” it was announced Friday, Jan 23. The doc is scheduled to have its world premiere at the Slamdance Film Festival on Saturday, TheWrap reports. Produce alongside partners Lisa Gillan and Marisa Yeres Gill through their Red Om Films banner, the film tells the real life story about how a Make-A-Wish event for Miles Scott — a 5-year-old boy diagnosed with leukemia — that made him Batman for a day turned into not only a citywide spectacle with over 25,000 San Franciscans turning out, but a worldwide phenomenon on social media with nearly two billion participants. The documentary’s director, Dana Nachman, will serve as Executive Producer along with Josh and Dan Braun of Submarine under production company’s new remake label Sub/Version. “It’s thrilling to me that Ms. Roberts and her team watched our film and were so moved by it that they want to dedicate their time and creative capital to make sure the widest audience possible will know and love Miles’ story and the spirit of this intimate special event that went global, as much as we do,” said Nachman in a statement. CAA brought the project to Roberts and brokered the deal with Sub/Version, and will represent the package. Roberts won an Oscar for “Erin Brockovich” and most recently starred opposite Meryl Streep in “August: Osage County.” Roberts is also attached to star in Billy Ray’s remake of the Argentine thriller “The Secret in Their Eyes” and George Clooney‘s “Money Monster.” 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 | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |