“Angelfall” fantasy bestseller to be adapted into movieNovember 15, 2012 - 17:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Good Universe have acquired multipicture rights to Susan Ee’s bestselling book series “Angelfall”, TheWrap said. Sam Raimi (“Spider-Man” trilogy) and Rob Tapert (“The Possession”) will produce the feature film adaptation. Joe Drake (“Hunger Games”) and Nathan Kahane (“Hope Springs”) will executive produce. Initially self-published, this fantasy novel was released in the fall of 2011 through Amazon Children’s Publishing, after being courted by multiple publishing houses. “Angelfall” became an instant success across a broad demographic of readers resonating with the ravenous young adult crowd as well as adults. The book ranked number one on Amazon’s Most Wished for Teen Book list and number one best seller in Sci-fi & Fantasy. Susan Ee is a lawyer turned writer, and “Angelfall” is her debut novel. The second book in the series will release in Fall 2013. Sam Raimi said, “Susan is a brilliant writer. She has created a fantastic world with instantly engaging and real characters. I immediately connected with the material and knew that she had conceived the perfect combination for a great fantasy film.” Lucy Stille of Paradigm brokered the deal on behalf of Susan Ee whose book she first read as a self-published e-book. The deal was negotiated for the producers by Dan Freedman. Aaron Lam brought the book to the producers. Nicole Brown will oversee for Good Universe. 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 | Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. Armenian government besieged by protesters Protesters led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan poured into Yerevan’s Republic Square to try to surround the seat of Armenia’s government. Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |