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Roma, (askanews) – E’ stata annunciata ufficialmente a Cannes, nel 99esimo anniversario della prima apparizione di Fatima, la produzione in Italia del film “Fatima”, una coproduzione internazionale per la regia di Marco Pontecorvo e la sceneggiatura dell’americana Barbara Nicolosi, che vede la collaborazione di Cinecittà Studios. Read More

Italy’s Marco Pontecorvo will direct

 

Nick Vivarelli

International Correspondent @NickVivarelli

ROME — The miracle of Our Lady of Fatima is set to get a new high-profile cinematic treatment.

In the latest of a growing crop of major faith-based films, several prominent U.S. indie players, including Origin Entertainment, Frida Torresblanco (“Pan’s Labyrinth”) and Rose Ganguzza’s Rose Pictures (“Kill Your Darlings”), have teamed up on “Fatima,” to be directed by Italy’s Marco Pontecorvo and shot at Rome’s Cinecittà Studios. Read More

Mother Teresa’s life story is headed for the big-screen treatment.

Keir Pearson, who received an Oscar nomination for Hotel Rwanda, is set to write the screenplay for I Thirst, the first authorised biopic of the late religious sister.

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“Hotel Rwanda” scribe Keir Pearson has been hired to write the screenplay.

Tony Krantz, the former head of Imagine Entertainment’s television division and executive producer on shows such as 24, has teamed up with Origin Entertainment and the Mother Teresa Center to bring the story of Mother Teresa to the big screen with a biopic titled I Thirst.

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