"Blue-eyed soul duo the Righteous Brothers will be the subject of the next musical foray for Arthur Friedman, producer of upcoming Bobby Darin biopic "Beyond the Sea." Friedman optioned feature rights from remaining Righteous Brother Bill Medley and the duo's longtime manager, David B. Cohen. Friedman told Daily Variety the film also would be a character study of the low-key Medley and wild man Hatfield, who suffered from a lifelong case of stage fright. Their differences led to multiple breakups over the group's 42 years..." (full details )
""Blues Clues" creator Todd Kessler and his No Hands Prods. partner Rebecca Goldstein have reacquired from Miramax the fully developed teen romantic drama "Keith." Pic, based on a script Kessler wrote with David Zabel, will mark Kessler's directorial debut. Story concerns a 17-year-old who thinks she's got it all figured out until she falls for a guy who has nothing to lose..." (full details )
"Gold Circle Films, H2F Entertainment and Deacon Entertainment are teaming to produce the supernatural thriller "Whisper." Gold Circle is fully financing the project. Scripted by producer-turned-writer Chris Borrelli, the New England-set story revolves around the kidnapping of a young boy by a former convict and three friends. After a series of unexplained events, they begin to realize that the child is less innocent than he seems..." (full details)
"Working Title partners Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan want to make a film about the untold role Yale U students played in helping the U.S. kick some tail in WWI. Working Title has acquired rights to "The Millionaires' Unit: The Aristocratic Flyboys Who Fought the Great War and Invented America's Air Might," a proposal for a book by Marc Wortman. Book tells the story of a group of young rich men, mostly Yale students, who started the Yale Flying Club, and, using their money and family connections, bolstered the country's air force..." (full details)
