Joe Wright in talks to helm Anne Hathaway in “Lifeboat”May 29, 2015 - 19:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Joe Wright is in talks to direct The Lifeboat with Anne Hathaway attached to star in the adaptation of Charlotte Rogan’s book. Hathaway is also producing alongside Working Title, Film 360 and Focus Features, which acquired the rights to and are developing Rogan’s book. It’s about a young newlywed-turned-widow standing trial in 1914 for murder. The story recounts how with the help of her new husband she survived the sinking of the Empress, a transatlantic ocean liner. She finds herself on a lifeboat, only to discover there are too many people on board, leading to a moral crisis as to who stays and who has to go, Deadline reports. William Broyles Jr. (Castaway) is writing the script and exec producing. Working Title’s Tim Beva, Eric Fellner and Liza Chasin are producing with Film 360’s Suzan Bymel and Ben Forkner. Film 360 packaged the novel with Hathaway and Broyles before bringing to Working Title and Focus. Hathaway and Working Title memorably collaborated on Tom Hooper’s Les Miserables, for which she won a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award. Wright is currently working on Pan, his take on J.M. Barrie’s classic Neverland tale for Warner Bros. Hugh Jackman, Rooney Mara and Cara Delevigne all star in the latest big screen adaptation of Peter Pan. Wright has worked regularly with Working Title with their shared credits including Pride And Prejudice, Atonement and Anna Karenina. 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 | Your home is in Armenia – Ameriabank offers mortgage loans for the Diaspora To buy real estate, Diasporans can apply to Ameriabank online to buy, renovate or build a home anywhere in Armenia. Armenia-Qatar ties discussed in Doha The Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council met with the Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council of Qatar. Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. Armenia calls for prohibiting threats of attacks on nuclear facilities Armenia has raised the need for a treaty prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes. |