Warner Bros. developing Cosmos” author Carl Sagan dramaAugust 19, 2015 - 11:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Warner Bros. is developing an untitled drama that will examine the relationship between “Cosmos” author Carl Sagan and his wife and collaborator Ann Druyan, TheWrap has learned. Lynda Obst, who produced the space exploration movies “Interstellar” and “Contact,” will produce with Druyan. Sagan is the famed astrophysicist who wrote the novel that served as the basis of Robert Zemeckis’ “Contact,” which was executive produced by Druyan. Zach Dean (“Deadfall”) will write the script, having previously written “Methuselah” for Warner Bros. and “Harry Potter” producer David Heyman. The Sagan-Druyan project comes on the heels of “Theory of Everything,” Universal’s drama about Stephen Hawking and his wife Jane Hawking that was nominated for five Oscars, winning one and grossing $121 million worldwide on a $15 million production budget. Druyan is an author and Emmy-winning writer of the recent series “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey,” which she also produced. She married Sagan in 1981. 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. |