Martin Scorsese to helm renowned composer Leonard Bernstein bioOctober 29, 2015 - 17:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Paramount is reportedly developing a number of movies in an effort to keep Martin Scorsese under their producing banner. As AceShowbiz said citing The Hollywood Reporter, the studio has extended their picture deal with the critically-acclaimed director through 2019. A movie about Leonard Bernstein is one of the projects offered to Scorsese. It follows the story of renowned composer whose works included "West Side Story", "Candide", and "Trouble in Tahiti". Josh Singer ("Spotlight") is tapped to write the screenplay for the untitled Leonard Bernstein biopic. "Marty is one of our industry's most prolific and celebrated filmmakers and he is also an integral part of the Paramount family," said Paramount CEO Brad Grey. "We are looking forward to many more years and many more great films at Paramount Pictures." Paramount has released Scorsese's last three films "Shutter Island", "Hugo", and "The Wolf of Wall Street". He is currently shooting "Silence" starring Andrew Garfield, Liam Neeson, and Adam Driver. He is also expected to reunite with Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Devil in the White City" and with Robert De Niro in "The Irishman". 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 | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Border residents overnight on highway to protest Armenia’s Residents of Kirants continue to express outrage over the government’s decision to cede land to Azerbaijan. Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. |