“The Little Shop of Horrors” cult classic to be reimagined for Warner Bros.May 4, 2012 - 17:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “Glee” and “Big Love” writer and co-producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is in early talks to reimagine “Little Shop of Horrors” for Warner Bros. with Joseph Gordon-Levitt taking a look as well, The Wrap reported. Marc Platt is producing the remake of the Roger Corman cult classic – which was already redone in 1986 by Frank Oz. Platt produced the critically acclaimed “Drive” and one of Broadway’s biggest successes, “Wicked.” “The Little Shop of Horrors” started as a feature comedy about a florist’s assistant who grows a plant with a particular taste for humans. Howard Ashman and Alan Menken turned it into a Broadway musical that preceded Oz’ musical comedy feature. Aguirre-Sacasa, a comic book writer, playwright and screenwriter all in one, would be charged with writing the script for this reboot. Two of his most recent projects aside from “Glee” include writing the book for “Spider Man: Turn Off the Dark,” the controversial but successful Broadway show, and the script for a remake of “Carrie.” Gordon-Levitt’s present involvement is best described as amorphous, as he wants to develop it, may star and could fill another role as well. Gordon-Levitt is about to hit screens in Christopher Nolan’s final take on Batman, “The Dark Knight Rises.” Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. 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”. Partner news | Lemkin Institute urges Armenia to respect people’s right to dissent The Lemkin Institute has urged the Armenian government to respect people’s fundamental human right to express their dissent. Iran’s Red Crescent sends aid to Armenia’s flood-hit regions The Iranian Red Crescent Society has sent humanitarian aid to the victims of deadly floods that hit northern Armenia on May 25-26. Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. |