Legendary nabs Pulitzer Prize finalist novel “Operation Shakespeare”March 31, 2014 - 18:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Legendary Pictures has acquired rights to John Shiffman's novel “Operation Shakespeare”, TheWrap reported. “Operation Shakespeare” is the true story of a daring international sting led by an elite Homeland Security team out to stop foreign arms dealers from acquiring and selling U.S. military technology. The undercover unit was created to stop America's enemies abroad from acquiring sophisticated American-made electronics capable of guiding missiles, jamming radar, and triggering countless weapons — from wireless IEDs to nuclear bombs. The U.S. agents must outwit not only enemy brokers, but American manufacturers and global bankers who are willing to sacrifice national security for profit. The book will be released July 8 by Simon & Schuster. Alex Hedlund will oversee the project for Legendary, which most recently released “300: Rise of an Empire.” Shiffman, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, also co-wrote “Priceless” with Robert K. Wittman. Legendary has “Godzilla” stomping into theaters in May, while its other upcoming films include Guillermo del Toro's “Crimson Peak” and Duncan Jones’ “Warcraft.” 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 | 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. |