“The Reading Promise” bestselling memoir to be adapted into filmJuly 16, 2014 - 11:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Relativity and Walden Media will team for an adaptation of the bestselling memoir The Reading Promise, The Hollywood Reporter said. The studios will develop, finance and produce the film, with Relativity overseeing U.S distribution. Doug Atchison, who wrote Akeelah and the Bee, will adapt the script from Alice Ozma's memoir. The Reading Promise is Ozma's story of the pact her single father, elementary school librarian Jim Brozina, made to read aloud with her for one hundred consecutive nights — which became 3,218 nights, or eight years, until Ozma left for college. Her memoir was published by Grand Central Publishing in 2011 and made the Los Angeles Times' hardcover nonfiction best seller list. The project came to Walden by way of development and production vp Naia Cucukov, who was a student of Brozina;s in their town of Millville, New Jersey. She will oversee the project on Walden's behalf. Robbie Brenner and Josh Reinhold will oversee on Relativity's. Relativity CEO Ryan Kavanaugh will produce with Deborah Giarratana (Machine Gun Preacher) alongside Walden Media. Relativity president Tucker Tooley will executive produce. Walden COO Frank Smith says, "At its core, The Reading Promise is a heartfelt, imaginative story that celebrates family and love of reading, and as such, celebrates the core tenants of a Walden Media film. Jim Brozina's dedication to his family and the promise they made are nothing short of inspirational." 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. |