Mia Wasikowska’s “Madame Bovary” headed for Cannes May 11, 2012 - 16:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Kenny Ortega's high-profile Dirty Dancing remake is headed for Cannes, where it will be shopped for the first time to foreign buyers. The Hollywood Reporter said. Lionsgate International is handling international sales on the film, which Lionsgate opens in the U.S. on July 26, 2013. The cast has yet to be announced. The updated movie will hit theaters 26 years after the first Dirty Dancing opened in August 1987, becoming a runaway blockbuster and catapulting Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze to fame. Ortega (High School Musical) was a choreographer on the original film. Ortega's film will pay tribute to the classic tale of Baby's forbidden summer romance with Johnny Castle, while incorporating classic songs from the 1960s, hits from the original film and new compositions. Dirty Dancing is part of a flurry of movie titles making their debut at the Marche du Film in Cannnes. Also on Thursday, Radiant Films International announced it will be shopping period drama Madame Bovary, starring Mia Wasikowska and Paul Giamatti. Ezra Miller (We Need to Talk About Kevin) also is joining the cast. Madame Bovary, based on Gustave Flaubert's classic novel, is directed by Sophie Barthes and written by Rose Barrenche. Occupant Entertainment is producing. Liam Hemsworth's romantic drama Love and Honor will likewise launch at Cannes as part of Lightning Entertainment's slate. The completed film, directed by Danny Mooney, also stars Austin Stowell, Teresa Palmer, Aimee Teegarden, Chris Lowell and Wyatt Russell.   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 |  Latest news 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.Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament.Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |
