http://www.hotchkissandassociates.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:33:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Television rights to Lois Duncan's WHO KILLED MY DAUGHTER, about the murder of the author's daughter in New Mexico and how botched police work led Duncan to take the investigation into her own hands, to Jaffe Braunstein Productions (THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER, THE TENTH CIRCLE) for the Lifetime Network, by ... http://www.hotchkissandassociates.com/?p=309 Film rights to Paul Hoffman's WINGS OF MADNESS, the biography of the eccentric and tortured aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont in turn-of-the-century Paris, who believed that airplanes would unite the world in peace, but who was driven mad by their deadly use in World War I; to screenwriters Paul Tamasy and Eric ... http://www.hotchkissandassociates.com/?p=307 The Hollywood Reporter Ellen Page to star in 'Freeheld' Cynthia Wade's doc expanding to a feature film CANNES -- Endgame Entertainment is developing a dramatic feature based on Cynthia Wade's award-winning short documentary "Freeheld," with Ellen Page set to star. Ron Nyswaner, an Oscar nominee for "Philadelphia," is writing the screenplay based on the ... http://www.hotchkissandassociates.com/?p=299 Film rights to Anthony De Sa's BARNACLE LOVE, about the wrenching forces that tear a Portuguese immigrant family apart, to singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado's Nelstar Entertainment, by Sean Daily at Hotchkiss and Associates, on behalf of Denise Bukowski at The Bukowski Agency. http://www.hotchkissandassociates.com/?p=303 Film rights to Marley Gibson's GHOST HUNTRESS series, about a sixteen-year-old girl who moves from Chicago to an historic Southern town and begins to discover her latent psychic powers (the third in the series THE REASON, will be published in May) to Shoulderhill Entertainment, by Sean Daily at Hotchkiss and ... http://www.hotchkissandassociates.com/?p=293 The Hollywood Reporter Warner Bros. laps up dog story 'Nubs' Real-life tale focuses on U.S. marine in Iraq and his mutt Warner Bros. is going to the dogs, signing on to acquire and develop "Nubs," a feel-good story of a pooch and a U.S. Marine based on a publishing sensation. The project ... http://www.hotchkissandassociates.com/?p=287 Film rights to Peter Lovenheim's forthcoming nonfiction book IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, the true story of when Lovenheim, concerned for the lack of community in his suburban area, started asking his neighbors if he could come over to their houses for sleepovers to get to know them better, to Julia Roberts' ... http://www.hotchkissandassociates.com/?p=280 VARIETY Mandalay sprouts 'Horns' Film unit options rights to upcoming novel By MARC GRASER Mandalay Pictures has optioned the film rights to the upcoming novel "Horns," penned by Joe Hill, son of Stephen King. Novel is described as a love story driven by horror and vengeance that revolves around a 26-year-old man who wakes ... http://www.hotchkissandassociates.com/?p=274 Film rights to Journalist Helena Andrews's memoir BITCH IS THE NEW BLACK, a satirical, closely observed look at the new generation of young, successful black women in Washington DC with all the hope of Obama's new order, to Miramax Films with Betsy Beers and Shonda Rhimes (GREY'S ANATOMY) producing, and ... http://www.hotchkissandassociates.com/?p=272 Television rights to Joel Goldman's KNIFE FIGHT, to Sony Pictures Television with 25C Productions producing, by Sean Daily at Hotchkiss and Associates, on behalf of Meredith Bernstein at the Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency. http://www.hotchkissandassociates.com/?p=269