Dimitri Rassam, Pathe Team on Big-Budget The Three Musketeers Film Adaptation (EXCLUSIVE)
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Dimitri Rassam is joining forces with Pathé on a €60 million ($73 million) two-part adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ is classic French masterpiece “The Three Musketeers.” The star-studded cast includes François Civil, Eva Green and Vincent Cassel as D’Artagnan, Milady and Athos.
The two sprawling feature films, titled “The Three Musketeers – D’Artagnan” and “The Three Musketeers – Milady,” will be directed by Martin Bourboulon, who recently helmed “Eiffel” with Romain Duris and Emma Mackey. Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière (“Le Prenom”) wrote the script of both films based on Dumas’ classic.
REGIONAL â In a recent letter submitted to the county, attorney Robert Selna â representing Save North Livermore Valley (SNLV) â stated the loss of acreage from the Aramis solar project should require the applicant to resubmit a conditional use permit (CUP) application.
Following the decision of landowners Leland Richard and Mary Stanley to withdraw from lease negotiations with Aramis applicant Intersect Power, the project decreased by 38 acres. Selna pointed out that Intersect officials themselves have stated a reduction in acreage would negatively impact the projectâs viability.
âIntersect Power, specifically tied the project s acreage to its economic viability and benefits (more acres, more benefits),â Selna wrote in a Jan. 19 letter to Heather Littlejohn, Alameda County deputy counsel. âWe know from the record that the [East County Board of Zoning Adjustments (EBZA)] balanced those benefits against the project s unavoidable environmental impac
Greg Scott, Livermore Aramis Project Help California Transition to a Carbon Free Future, reads the plethora of internet advertisements targeted to Alameda County. What bunk.
Photovoltaics are not carbon-free. It takes lots of energy, and thus emissions, to manufacture photovoltaics, which is why their energy return on investment (EROI) is a lowly 6. Industrial and post-industrial nations need a minimum EROI of 5 to 9. Photovoltaics are near the bottom of the scale.
Photovoltaics do not âfixâ carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide equivalent emissions in California are around 425 million metric tons per year (a metric ton is 2,205 pounds).
We in California are not going to be carbon-free anytime soon from any practical, realistic standpoint. Why?
LIVERMORE — Lease negotiations between landowners and a green energy development company have soured, raising questions over the fate of the Aramis solar farm slated for hundreds of acres of
Turkey Will Help Iraq Eliminate All PKK Terrorists
Ankara will continue to defend Iraq s territorial, political integrity, says top Turkish diplomat. Turkey will extend all possible support to Iraq in efforts to eliminate the PKK terror group, the country s foreign minister said on Wednesday. We have always defended Iraq s territorial and political integrity and will continue to do so, Mevlut Cavusoglu said at a joint news conference with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein in the capital Ankara.
Recalling how Turkey supported Baghdad s fight against Daesh/ISIS, he stressed that Ankara wants to see Iraq purged of all terrorists. We do not want Iraq to be a conflict zone between various parties or countries, he added, mentioning the importance of the region s stability.