June 14 2006
Markus Zusak has optioned his novel “The Book Thief” to Fox 2000. The coming-of-age young adult bestseller set in WWII is narrated by Death as he follows the life of an orphaned German girl who steals and reads books to cope with the pandemonium of life during wartime. Karen Rosenfeld is producing. The project is out to writers. 6/14
Dianne Houston has sold her biopic pitch about Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliot to Universal Pictures. It follows the supa dupa fly rapper’s ascent up to the hip-hop world’s stratosphere. Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal (Tribeca Films) are producing, along with Mona Scott. 6/14
In sex movie news: First, The Works has snapped up the U.K. distribution rights to “Shortbus.” The controversial drama written and directed by John Cameron Mitchell follows an eclectic mix of characters/actors having hot steamy sex. The project was produced by Howard Gertler and Tim Perell – with an original score by Yo La Tengo*!
*Sweet!
Second, Roadside Attractions and Samuel Goldwyn Films have acquired “Boynton Beach Club.” The not-so-controversial comedy written by Susan Seidelman and Shelly Gitlow (from an original story by Florence, Susan’s mother) follows an eclectic mix of senior-aged characters having hot steamy sex (though not as explicitly as in “Shortbus”*). The project was produced by the Seidelman girls, and executive produced by Deborah Van Eck and Blair Rosenfeld. 6/14
**Script Radar hopes.
Christian Slater, Stella Arroyave, Lisa Pepper, Kevin McCarthy, Gavin Grazer, Aaron Tucker, Lana Antonova John Turturro, Camryn Manheim, Jeffrey Tambor, S. Epatha Merkerson, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Lawford and Michael Clarke Duncan have all signed on to top-line “Slipstream,” Anthony Hopkin’s directorial bow. The dark comedy also penned, starring and to be produced by Hopkins is about a screenwriter who enters a vortex where space, time and reality take a tumble. Also producing are Arroyave and Robert Katz. 6/14
Roselyn Sanchez is joining Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in “The Game Plan” for Walt Disney Pictures. The comedy written by Nichole Millard, Kathryn Price and Audrey Wells is about an NFL quarterback whose bachelor high-life is interrupted by the arrival of the 7-year old daughter he never knew he had. Andy Finkman is attached to direct. Mark Ciardi and Gordon Gray (natch) are producing. 6/14
Dianne Houston has sold her biopic pitch about Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliot to Universal Pictures. It follows the supa dupa fly rapper’s ascent up to the hip-hop world’s stratosphere. Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal (Tribeca Films) are producing, along with Mona Scott. 6/14
In sex movie news: First, The Works has snapped up the U.K. distribution rights to “Shortbus.” The controversial drama written and directed by John Cameron Mitchell follows an eclectic mix of characters/actors having hot steamy sex. The project was produced by Howard Gertler and Tim Perell – with an original score by Yo La Tengo*!
*Sweet!
Second, Roadside Attractions and Samuel Goldwyn Films have acquired “Boynton Beach Club.” The not-so-controversial comedy written by Susan Seidelman and Shelly Gitlow (from an original story by Florence, Susan’s mother) follows an eclectic mix of senior-aged characters having hot steamy sex (though not as explicitly as in “Shortbus”*). The project was produced by the Seidelman girls, and executive produced by Deborah Van Eck and Blair Rosenfeld. 6/14
**Script Radar hopes.
Christian Slater, Stella Arroyave, Lisa Pepper, Kevin McCarthy, Gavin Grazer, Aaron Tucker, Lana Antonova John Turturro, Camryn Manheim, Jeffrey Tambor, S. Epatha Merkerson, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Lawford and Michael Clarke Duncan have all signed on to top-line “Slipstream,” Anthony Hopkin’s directorial bow. The dark comedy also penned, starring and to be produced by Hopkins is about a screenwriter who enters a vortex where space, time and reality take a tumble. Also producing are Arroyave and Robert Katz. 6/14
Roselyn Sanchez is joining Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in “The Game Plan” for Walt Disney Pictures. The comedy written by Nichole Millard, Kathryn Price and Audrey Wells is about an NFL quarterback whose bachelor high-life is interrupted by the arrival of the 7-year old daughter he never knew he had. Andy Finkman is attached to direct. Mark Ciardi and Gordon Gray (natch) are producing. 6/14
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