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Filmmaker Kupelian Confirms Meeting with Mel Gibson on Armenia Film
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Friday, May 25th, 2012
Filmmaker Roger Kupelian
YEREVAN (ArmRadio) - Los Angeles-based filmmaker Roger Kupelian
confirmed Friday that he has been holding meetings with Mel Gibson and
representatives of President Serzh Sarkisian to realize a film
project, about which the president made an announcement earlier this
month.
Fugitive Studios Entertainment Armenia confirmed that the discussion
have centered around producing Kupelian's East of Byzantium, a pet
project, on which the filmmaker has been working for several years.
Reportedly, the meetings between Kupelian and Gibson first took place
in May, 2011 in Moscow. The two have been meeting intermittently until
as early as last month. Fugitive Studios said that the most recent
Kupelian-Gibson meeting `was promising yet preliminary.' Negotiations
with prospective producers of the project are also being pursued, with
the goal of reaching a solid conclusion before the end of this year.
Kupelian's East of Byzantium chronicles the history of Armenians from
the adoption of Christianity as its state religion in 301 AD to the
Battle of Avarayr in 451 AD
East of Byzantium was conceived in New Zealand in 2002, when Kupelian
was working on the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. The script made the
rounds in Hollywood and released a trailer. Recently, the first
graphic novel inspired by East of Byzantium, War Gods, was
successfully released and is currently being translated into Spanish.
`Armenian culture needs to embrace warrior-code based identity over
one that focuses on its victimization, and this project that I have
personally financed over the course of ten years has been shaped by
that ideal,' said Kupelian.
Still-shot of a scene from East of Byzantium (photo from official Web site)
Established in 2006, Fugitive Studios Entertainment was created by
Roger Kupelian and his partners as a way to bring East of Byzantium
and similar independent projects to quality widespread release, in a
variety of media. Having honed its expertise by also producing quality
visual effects and development work for mainstream entertainment, as
well as a series of music videos for System of A Down's frontman, Serj
Tankian, Fugitive Studios Entertainment is now focusing on bringing
the series of Kupelian's graphic novels to a wider audience.
From: A. Papazian
asbarez
Friday, May 25th, 2012
Filmmaker Roger Kupelian
YEREVAN (ArmRadio) - Los Angeles-based filmmaker Roger Kupelian
confirmed Friday that he has been holding meetings with Mel Gibson and
representatives of President Serzh Sarkisian to realize a film
project, about which the president made an announcement earlier this
month.
Fugitive Studios Entertainment Armenia confirmed that the discussion
have centered around producing Kupelian's East of Byzantium, a pet
project, on which the filmmaker has been working for several years.
Reportedly, the meetings between Kupelian and Gibson first took place
in May, 2011 in Moscow. The two have been meeting intermittently until
as early as last month. Fugitive Studios said that the most recent
Kupelian-Gibson meeting `was promising yet preliminary.' Negotiations
with prospective producers of the project are also being pursued, with
the goal of reaching a solid conclusion before the end of this year.
Kupelian's East of Byzantium chronicles the history of Armenians from
the adoption of Christianity as its state religion in 301 AD to the
Battle of Avarayr in 451 AD
East of Byzantium was conceived in New Zealand in 2002, when Kupelian
was working on the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. The script made the
rounds in Hollywood and released a trailer. Recently, the first
graphic novel inspired by East of Byzantium, War Gods, was
successfully released and is currently being translated into Spanish.
`Armenian culture needs to embrace warrior-code based identity over
one that focuses on its victimization, and this project that I have
personally financed over the course of ten years has been shaped by
that ideal,' said Kupelian.
Still-shot of a scene from East of Byzantium (photo from official Web site)
Established in 2006, Fugitive Studios Entertainment was created by
Roger Kupelian and his partners as a way to bring East of Byzantium
and similar independent projects to quality widespread release, in a
variety of media. Having honed its expertise by also producing quality
visual effects and development work for mainstream entertainment, as
well as a series of music videos for System of A Down's frontman, Serj
Tankian, Fugitive Studios Entertainment is now focusing on bringing
the series of Kupelian's graphic novels to a wider audience.
From: A. Papazian