Pop Media,China’s Artention team for “Knockout Girls” martial arts comedyMay 25, 2016 - 14:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Stu Levy’s Pop Media Holdings is teaming with China’s Artention Films to produce the martial arts comedy “Knockout Girls”, Variety has learned exclusively. Pop Media has tapped veteran director Arthur Anderson to helm “Knockout Girls,” based on a Tokyopop concept written by screenwriter Olivia Briggs. Michael Doven of United Pictures Group is exec producing. The story surrounds obsessed martial arts fighter who travels to America in search of a spot on the Global Fighting Championship team. Her only way in is to whip a rag-tag club of fighters at a college into shape, while learning the meaning of friendship from the club’s disgraced former leader. Pop Media, the parent of manga specialist Tokyopop, is also producing an upcoming comic book for “Knockout Girls” in parallel with the film. Filming is set to begin this fall in Canada and China The project is Levy’s second China-Hollywood movie co-production announced after “Juror 13,” based on the sci-fi graphic novel. Anderson’s credits as an assistant director include “Mission: Impossible II,” “Mission: Impossible III,” “Paycheck,” “Face/Off” and “Pretty Little Liars.” Arthur Anderson is represented by APA and Stone Genow Smelkinson Binder & Christopher. Levy and Pop Media Holdings are represented by Steve Saltzman at Loeb & Loeb. Photo: TokyoPop 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 | Protest leader vows to achieve departure of Armenian authorities According to Archbishop Bagrat, there is only one solution to the situation in Armenia. Heads of Armenian, Ukrainian parliaments hold virtual talks Alen Simonyan and Ruslan Stefanchuk held talks via video conference on Tuesday, May 21. Pashinyan travels to Iran to pay tribute to Raisi, others Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has left for the Islamic Republic of Iran on a working visit. 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. |