Paramount Pictures has tapped Lasse Hallstrom to direct "Daughter of the Queen of Sheba," based on Jacki Lyden's bestselling memoir. Karen Croner ("One True Thing") is scripting. Lyden's book centers on her mother's manic-depressive episodes while raising a family in a small Wisconsin town. Hallstrom directed Disney's upcoming "Casanova" and Miramax's yet-to-be-released "An Unfinished Life"..." (full details)
Bristol Bay Prods. will team with the Kennedy/Marshall Co. on "The Charm School," an adaptation of Nelson DeMille's bestselling 1988 Cold War spy thriller. Frank Marshall will produce the pic. Drama revolves around a CIA agent who investigates an Air Force officer held prisoner in a covert Russian facility that forces American POWs to train KGB agents. Marshall was drafted after producing "The Bourne Identity" spy thrillers..." (full details)
Eriq La Salle's Humble Journey Films has acquired film rights to John Shors' "Beneath a Marble Sky: A Novel of the Taj Mahal" and has partnered with India-based Cinemaya Media to develop the project. La Salle made the deal after visiting India late last year to explore the possibility of developing Shors' novel, centered on the eldest daughter of the emperor who built the Taj Mahal. The story traces the construction of the mausoleum against the background of war, rebellion and religious fundamentalism, and it contrasts the opulence of the court with the severe poverty of the citizens..." (full details)
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