“Place Beyond the Pines” scribe to adapt “So Cold the River” bestsellerMarch 8, 2013 - 12:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ben Coccio, the co-writer behind the upcoming Ryan Gosling-Bradley Cooper crime thriller The Place Beyond the Pines, has been hired to pen So Cold the River, New Regency’s adaptation of the Michael Koryta novel, The Hollywood Reporter said. At the same time, Kevin Misher and Scott Silver have come on board as producers. Published by Little, Brown and Co. in 2010, the book centers on a washed-up documentary filmmaker hired by a woman to make a project about her father-in-law, a mysterious 95-year-old billionaire from a small Indiana town. Once in that town, which proves to have an extraordinary history, the filmmaker is plagued by visions that lead him to discover a long-buried evil ready to return. Pines, which is directed by Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine), premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival where, as one of the fest’s biggest acquisition titles, it was picked by Focus Features. Focus is due to open the movie in limited release March 29. Coccio, repped by CAA and Media Talent Group, shared writing credits with Cianfrance and Darius Marder. Misher is a producer on MGM’s upcoming remake of Carrie, while Silver has credits as a screenwriter that include 8 Mile and The Fighter. 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 | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. 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. |