AMC nabs "The Night Manager" Tom Hiddleston-Hugh Laurie miniseriesOctober 31, 2014 - 17:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - AMC reportedly has won the bidding war for a BBC miniseries starring Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie. "The Night Manager", an adaptation of John le Carre's 1993 novel of the same name, has been given a straight-to-series order on the U.S. network, AceShowbiz said. AMC will co-produce the series with BBC One and Ink Factory. A source tells THR the plan is to have the project as a "six- or eight-part miniseries" with commercial time included. The novel revolves around a former British soldier who is drawn into a sting operation involving black market weapons after he goes to work for a luxury hotel. Hiddleston is attached as the former soldier Jonathan Pine turns a hotel night auditor while Laurie plays black market dealer Richard Onslow. This would be a TV return for Laurie since his run on "House M.D.". Hiddleston is more known in the U.S. as the villainous Loki in Marvel's "Thor", but he has appeared in various British series before. AMC is yet to comment on the report, which came a week after its parent company AMC Networks acquired a 49.9% stake in the U.K. broadcaster's U.S. cable network BBC America. 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. |