Alexander Payne to helm “My Saga” for “Nebraska” producersFebruary 10, 2016 - 11:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Alexander Payne is attached to direct an adaptation of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s travel articles “My Saga” for Bona Fide Productions, TheWrap has learned. Knausgaard is a Norwegian author who traced the Vikings’ historic trek through the Northern U.S. in two lengthy articles published in the New York Times Magazine last year. He was joined on his comedic, often absurd journey by Magnum photographer Peter van Agtmael. Bona Fide’s Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa will produce the project with the Scandinavian producers Madeleine Ekman and Lizette Jonic of Zentropa Sweden. The quartet will soon hire (a likely Scandinavian) writer to adapt the “My Saga” articles for the big screen. Payne has worked with the Bona Fide duo before, as Berger and Yerxa also produced his acclaimed movies “Nebraska” and “Election.” He’s currently prepping Paramount’s social satire “Downsizing,” which will star Matt Damon and Reese Witherspoon. Berger and Yerxa recently teamed with a group of Scandinavian producers on Joachim Trier’s 2015 drama “Louder Than Bombs,” which stars Gabriel Byrne, Jesse Eisenberg and Isabelle Huppert. They’re also developing Marc Webb‘s drama “The Only Living Boy in New York” and an adaptation of Nick Hornby‘s novel “Juliet, Naked.” The news about Payne directing “My Saga” was first reported by Thompson on 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 | Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. Pashinyan: We must stop searching for homeland, we have found that homeland Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia. Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements. |