Miramax adapting “Silver Linings Playbook” author’s newest novelApril 27, 2016 - 17:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Miramax has won the bid to option the motion picture rights to “The Reason You’re Alive”, the new novel from “The Silver Linings Playbook” author Matthew Quick, Variety reports. The project has been set with producer Allison Shearmur, whose credits include “Cinderella” and the upcoming “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” Quick will adapt the screenplay from his novel. “The Reason You’re Alive” follows David Granger, a Vietnam war veteran who — following brain surgery — must atone for a decades-old injustice in order to reconnect with his peace-loving art dealer son. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, will publish “The Reason You’re Alive” next year. David Thwaites will oversee development and production for Miramax, and Stephen Meinen will oversee development and production for Allison Shearmur Productions. “‘The Reason You’re Alive’ might be my most personal project yet,” said Quick. “I’m extremely excited to be adapting my own material and thrilled to be working with such talented filmmakers.” Quick’s other novels are also being adapted into films, including “Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock,” “The Good Luck of Right Now,” “Sorta Like a Rockstar,” “Love May Fail” and “Every Exquisite Thing.” 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 | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |