"Barbara Turner has been tapped to adapt for the big screen the biography "You Don't Know Jack" about Dr. Jack Kevorkian. Barbara Kopple is on board to direct the drama, which delves into the life of Kevorkian, a proponent of physician-assisted suicide and one of the most controversial American figures of the 20th century. The project marks the first time the 77-year-old physician, nicknamed Dr. Death, has fully authorized anyone to tell his story..." (full details)
"Mayhem Project has made its first two writer deals, inking scribe Todd Farrmer to adapt Capcom vidgame "Clock Tower 3" and Ronnie Christensen for his original supernatural thriller "Sanctuary" Launched in June, Mayhem hopes to produce two to three features per year, targeting projects based on established franchises such as comicbooks and vidgames; budgets will be $10 million-$30 million..." (full details)
"Yari Film Group has optioned "Man on a Ledge," an action-romance film for D.J. Caruso to direct. Written by Pablo Fenjves and Patrick Kelly, the story centers on a recently released ex-con who plans a diamond heist across the street from a hotel ledge off which he's threatening to jump. The film was set up at MGM but Yari managed to snatch it before it got transferred to Sony..." (full details)
Thanks to 'KC'
