Andy Goddard to direct film about The Rolling StonesJune 14, 2016 - 16:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Andy Goddard, one of the lead directors on the popular and critically acclaimed series Downton Abbey, has been set to direct the feature film Exile on Main Street: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones, based on the book by Robert Greenfield about the legendary rock group’s summer when they recorded the album on which the book is partially named. Greenfield also wrote the biography of Timothy Leary, Deadline said. Brandon & Philip Murphy wrote the screenplay for Exile on Main Street. Virgin Produced, City Entertainment, KippSter Entertainment and The Gotham Group are producing the project. The filmmakers are eyeing a winter start date and are looking to cast Jagger and Richards now. Goddard (Set Fire to the Stars) had his film A Kind of Murder starring Patrick Wilson, Haley Bennett and Jessica Biel bow at the Tribeca film festival this year. Goddard is also directing some episodes of Marvel/Netflix’s superhero shows as well. He is directing The Punisher after just helming Daredevil. 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. |