Ron Howard seeks funding for Stephen King's "Dark Tower" at CannesMay 20, 2013 - 17:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ron Howard and Brian Grazer have been seeking funding for their Dark Tower project at the Cannes Film Festival. The producers have streamlined their ambitious plans in order to find an investor for their Stephen King adaptation, Digital Spy reports citing Deadline. Media Rights Capital is to fund one movie based on the seven-volume fantasy/Western saga, with more to come if the first succeeds. Grazer also said that they were in talks with a Silicon Valley investor who is willing to fund the multiple-film project as previously planned. Russell Crowe is in line to play last Gunslinger Roland Deschain in the adaptation. The Dark Tower has already passed through the hands of Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. King recently returned to the franchise with the supplementary novel The Wind Through the Keyhole. Top stories 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”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |