Madonna to direct “Adé: A Love Story” bestseller adaptationMarch 28, 2014 - 14:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Madonna (“W.E.”) is attached to direct Adé, based on the bestselling author Rebecca Walker's new novel “Adé: A Love Story”, TheWrap reported. Oscar winner Bruce Cohen (“American Beauty”) is producing under his Bruce Cohen Productions banner along with the company's Jessica Leventhal and Walker. The book, which is based on Walker's real life experience, was released in October by Amazon Publishing's Little A literary imprint, and quickly earned both critical and commercial success. When a sophisticated, bi-racial college student falls in love with Adé, a young Swahili man living on an idyllic island off the coast of Kenya, the two plan to marry and envision a simple life together — free of worldly possessions and concerns. But when the lovers are caught in the middle of a civil war, reality threatens to tear them apart, along with all they cherish. Madonna and the producing team are currently seeking a screenwriter to adapt the novel, while CAA is arranging financing for the project. Walker is the award-winning author of the New York Times bestselling memoirs ”Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self” and ”Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of Ambivalence.” Related links: 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 | 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. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |