Mark Romanek in talks to helm “The Shining” prequel “The Overlook Hotel”July 21, 2014 - 13:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In a match seemingly made in movie heaven, “One Hour Photo” filmmaker Mark Romanek is in negotiations to direct the ”Shining” prequel “The Overlook Hotel” for Warner Bros., TheWrap said citing an individual familiar with the project. Based on Stephen King‘s original prologue to “The Shining,” which was cut from the book prior to publication in 1977, the film will tell the origin story of the Overlook Hotel through the eyes of its first owner, Bob T. Watson. A robber baron at the turn of the 20th century, Watson scaled the remote peaks of the Colorado Rockies to build the grandest resort in America, and a place he and his family would also call home. Mythology's Brad Fischer, James Vanderbilt and Laeta Kalogridis are producing the film, which was written by “The Walking Dead” show runner Glen Mazzara. King recently published a sequel to “The Shining” titled “Dr. Sleep,” which Warner Bros. is also developing for the big screen. Romanek, who is also attached to direct Casey Affleck in “The Boston Strangler” for Warner Bros., most recently directed the underrated sci-fi movie “Never Let Me Go.” The news was first reported by Variety. 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. |