"Weinstein Co. has pre-emptively bought "Kung Fu High School," a novel by Ryan Gattis. Ernesto Foronda ("Better Luck Tomorrow") will write the screenplay. Sources said Bob and Harvey Weinstein aggressively beat out rival bidders although a clause states if cameras are not rolling in one year, the rights revert back to the producers..." (full details)
"Walden Media has picked up the rights for "Heat," an upcoming book by sports reporter Mike Lupica. The story centers on a parentless, immigrant 12-year-old baseball prodigy who lives in the shadow of Yankee Stadium and dreams of playing in the Little League World Series..." (full details)
"Paramount Pictures has acquired film rights to Sharon Krum's novel "The Thing About Jane Spring". The novel, published in July by Viking, is a romantic comedy that centers on a woman who was raised by a widowed four-star general father and has grown up to be a ball-breaking prosecutor for the district attorney's office in New York..." (full details)
Thanks to 'KC'
