"Hart Sharp Entertainment has optioned Edwin John Wintle's memoir "Breakfast With Tiffany," which Miramax Books will publish in June. Wintle is best known as a Curtis Brown book agent, but his memoir details a journey from single, middle-aged gay New Yorker to overnight parent as the guardian of his troubled 13-year-old niece, Tiffany. Wintle will serve as executive producer on the film..." (full details)
"Marco Weber's Atlantic Streamline has acquired the rights to Thomas Thonson's dark comedy "Rockwell." The story centers on a troubled teen who believes the only cure for his suburban angst is the acquisition of a car. Misunderstood by his dysfunctional parents, he concocts a masterful plan to secure his dream. Chaos ensues as the pieces of his puzzle begin to unravel and his parents become unknowing accomplices in his scheme..." (full details)
"Lions Gate Family Entertainment said Monday that it will co-produce and distribute the upcoming CG-animated film "Foodfight!" from Larry Kasanoff's Threshold Animation Studios. With the voice talents of Hilary and Haylie Duff, "Foodfight!" centers on the afterhours world of a supermarket. The film will be released theatrically in fall 2006..." (full details)
DreamWorks has paid close to seven figures for the comedy pitch "Opposite Day" by Nicholas Stoller. Pic is about a man who learns to appreciate his life when everything in it is suddenly the opposite of what it normally is. Stoller wrote the remake of "Fun With Dick and Jane" with Judd Apatow, and rewrote "Scared Guys," both for Sony..." (full details)
Thanks to 'KC'
