Universal acquires Imogen Poots, Michael Shannon’s “Frank And Lola”January 30, 2016 - 13:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Universal has acquired most of the rights for $2 million for the drama “Frank And Lola”, starring Imogen Poots and Michael Shannon, following its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, according to Variety. Justin Long, Michael Nyqvist, Emmanuelle Devos and Rosanna Arquette also star. The film is the directorial debut of Matthew Ross, a former consultant on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and managing editor of Filmmaker magazine. The story follows the love affair between a Las Vegas chef and a promising fashion designer that is badly derailed when the woman’s past and present demons resurface. Nyqvist portrays a man from Lola’s past. The film is described as a psychosexual noir love story set in Las Vegas and Paris about love, obsession, sex, betrayal, revenge and ultimately the search for redemption. Producers are Parts & Labor’s Jay Van Hoy and Lars Knudsen, Lola Pictures’ Chris Ramirez, John Baker and Killer Films’ Christine Vachon and David Hinojosa. Universal will either release the film under its Focus Features label or through a third-party distributor for theatrical. The deal was brokered by CAA and Preferred Content, and Arclight handled foreign rights. Arclight picked up the international rights a year ago at the Berlin Film Festival. News about the Universal deal was first reported by Deadline Hollywood. Photo: Sundance Film Festival 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 | Erdogan’s approval rating falls below 40 percent: survey A total of 53.4 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the performance of Erdoğan. Blinken says U.S. reviewing a number of aid requests from Armenia He said the U.S. is reviewing the requests to determine what more it can do to increase its assistance to Armenia. At least 2 CSTO members participated in preparing 44-day war against Armenia – PM Nikol Pashinyan has declared that at least two CSTO member countries participated in preparations for the 44-day war against Armenia. Armenia PM meets Iran’s Supreme Leader in Tehran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a meeting with Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Seyyed Ali Khamenei |