Veteran helmer Joe Johnston directing “Starfall” schi-fi in China October 19, 2016 - 10:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Joe Johnston will be directing a $100 million-budgeted sci-fi film at Wanda’s Qingdao Studios called Starfall, Deadline reports. The project is being produced by Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Erik Howsam and Infinity Pictures’ Dede Nickerson. The film is being co-financed by Lionsgate, Wanda and Infinity Pictures, which is a China Media Capital-backed company. Deadline found out about the project after Johnston and Lionsgate’s Patrick Wachsberger joined Wanda chairman and CEO Wang Jianlin onstage last night during the presentation for the mega-studio facility and entertainment complex in the Eastern Chinese city of Qingdao. Starfall, written by David Coggeshall, is an actioner that takes place on a space station. Johnston, of course, is a former VFX guy behind several Star Wars films who is adept and comfortable working on green screens. He previously directed Captain America: The First Avenger, Jumanji, Jurassic Park III, Honey, I Shrunk The Kids and, although not green screen, the wonderful 1999 film October Sky. The new China studio boasts a 56,000-square-foot green screen stage that will be used in the production of the film. Coggeshall scripted the horror film Solo which just wrapped shooting from Blumhouse and wrote the Black List script Star One.  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 |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
