“Simpsons” writer to pen “Angry Birds” animated filmMay 21, 2013 - 16:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Rovio Entertainment has tapped veteran comedy and animation scribe Jon Vitti to pen the script for its animated 3D film based on the Angry Birds app, The Hollywood Reporter said. At the same time, veteran producer Catherine Winder is boarding the production team that already includes producer John Cohen (Despicable Me) and executive producer David Maisel (Iron Man). Sony Pictures is distributing the movie and has a July 1, 2016 date penciled in. Vitti won an Emmy for his work on King of the Hill, was a longtime writer-producer on The Simpsons and worked on The Simpsons Movie. His other credits include Saturday Night Live, The Larry Sanders Show and The Office, as well as the Alvin and the Chipmunks movie. Winder was an exec producer on Star Wars: The Clone Wars and a producer on the recent feature Escape from Planet Earth. 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 | IDBank, Dalma team up for Caucasian Deer Reintroduction Program IDBank has joined Dalma Garden Mall’s Green Challenge to support the Caucasian red deer reintroduction project. Through Ucom’s support the 12th Sunchild Festival concludes On May 24-28, with the support of Ucom, the 12th international environmental festival Sunchild took place in Yerevan. U.S., Turkey emphasize importance of Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal Jake Sullivan and Akif Cagatay Kilic have discussed the normalization process between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Armenia coach expects good football in Slovenia friendly The Armenian national team has left for Ljubljana a friendly match against Slovenia on June 4. |