"Fast & Furious" hemer to direct "Times Square" crime thrillerMarch 20, 2014 - 12:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Focus Features has acquired the Taylor Materne & Jacob Rubin’s Black List script Times Square for Justin Lin to direct, Deadline reported. The film will be produced by Chernin Entertainment, Perfect Storm Entertainment and Far Hills Pictures. The crime thriller is set in the last days of the old Times Square, when it was transitioning from a seedy lawless Midtown Manhattan dump to a family- friendly corporate mecca. In that backdrop, when a secret from his past is unearthed, a young man’s loyalties are divided between his neighborhood boss who raised him and the grizzled ex-cop who swore to protect him. Lin and Troy Craig Poon are producing for Perfect Storm with Chernin Entertainment. Stone Douglass is exec producer and Mike LaRocca brought in the project. After stepping away from steering the Fast & The Furious franchise, Lin is right now helming the CBS pilot Scorpion and will then helm the next installment of the Bourne franchise with Jeremy Renner starring. He’s also still attached to helm L.A. Riots, which was scripted by Oscar-winning 12 Years A Slave writer John Ridley for Universal and Imagine’s Brian Grazer. 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 | 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. |