Rihanna music director to shoot “The Last Days of American Crime”March 13, 2012 - 17:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Commercials and video director Anthony Mandler is in talks to make his feature directing debut on The Last Days of American Crime, based on the graphic novel by Radical Publishing, Deadline reported. Mandler, who has directed videos with the likes of Rihanna, Jay-Z and Eminem and commercials with David Beckham, has been courted by Hollywood for several jobs. He’s also attached to Vlad, a vampire saga written by Charlie Hunnam and produced by Plan B for Summit/Lionsgate. The Last Days of American Crime, which has a script by Karl Gajdusek, takes place in the future, as America responds to a second major terrorism attack by developing technology that eliminates the impulse to commit crimes of any kind. The protagonist leads a heist team that plans to pull off a final job five days before the signal rubs out the criminal instinct. Noomi Rapace had been attached, though it’s unclear if she remains so. The story for the comic was written by Rick Remender, who wrote the first draft of the script, and illustrated by Greg Tocchini. 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 | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |