Oscar-nommed “Kon-Tiki” helmers to direct “Winter’s Knight”March 1, 2014 - 14:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ending a bidding war that saw many of the major studios in play, Sony has landed the Saint Nick-Christmas origins spec script “Winter’s Knight,” with “Kon-Tiki” helmers Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg attached to direct, Variety reported. Lawrence Grey and Marc Platt are on board to produce the spec written by Jake Thornton and Ben Lustig. Sources say Sony paid $1 million for the spec, an origin tale of Saint Nicholas and how Christmas came to be. Related links: 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 | Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |