"Dark Shadows" star Bella Heathcote to topline "Curse of Downers Grove"February 17, 2013 - 16:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Bella Heathcote, the wide-eyed beauty who turned heads in "Dark Shadows" and "Not Fade Away," will join Lucas Till in "The Curse of Downers Grove," the indie thriller's producers said Friday. The movie pairs Derick Martini, director of the 2008 coming-of-age drama "Lymelife," with Bret Easton Ellis, sometime novelist and Twitter provocateur. Martini will slide behind the camera while Easton Ellis will handle screenwriting duties. The film is set in a insular Midwestern town that shoulders a curse that claims the life of one high school senior every year. Heathcote will play a student who thinks she is the next victim. In addition, Penelope Mitchell, who will star in Netflix's upcoming original series "Hemlock Grove," will play an unspecified leading role. Till's casting was previously announced. The young actor is best known for his work as a mutant in 2011's "X-Men: First Class." "The Curse of Downers Grove" is being financed by private equity investors and will begin production this spring. 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 | 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”. |