Love, Rosie producer acquires film rights to Ya novel about a 1,200 mile horse race.
Lauren St John’s novel The Glory is set to be adapted for the big screen by Canyon Creek Films.
Simon Brooks, producer of Love, Rosie and White Noise, has acquired the film rights to the novel from Rebecca Watson at Valerie Hoskins Associates on behalf of Catherine Clarke at Felicity Bryan Associates.
Brooks, whose Canyon Creek Films has offices in London and La, will produce alongside Joan Singleton (Because of Winn Dixie), who introduced him to the project.
Brooks said: “I loved The Glory. It’s a fantastic adventure story about an epic, 1,200 mile horse race across the American West.’
The novel was published in the UK on March 5 by Orion Children’s Books and has been described as “National Velvet for modern teenagers”. Top children’s reviewer Amanda Craig said The Glory was a ‘born winner.’
Lauren St John...
Lauren St John’s novel The Glory is set to be adapted for the big screen by Canyon Creek Films.
Simon Brooks, producer of Love, Rosie and White Noise, has acquired the film rights to the novel from Rebecca Watson at Valerie Hoskins Associates on behalf of Catherine Clarke at Felicity Bryan Associates.
Brooks, whose Canyon Creek Films has offices in London and La, will produce alongside Joan Singleton (Because of Winn Dixie), who introduced him to the project.
Brooks said: “I loved The Glory. It’s a fantastic adventure story about an epic, 1,200 mile horse race across the American West.’
The novel was published in the UK on March 5 by Orion Children’s Books and has been described as “National Velvet for modern teenagers”. Top children’s reviewer Amanda Craig said The Glory was a ‘born winner.’
Lauren St John...
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- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
When the film-maker Carol Morley read that the skeleton of a young woman had been found in a London bedsit, she knew she had to find out more…
On 25 January 2006, officials from a north London housing association repossessing a bedsit in Wood Green owing to rent arrears made a grim discovery. Lying on the sofa was the skeleton of a 38-year-old woman who had been dead for almost three years. In a corner of the room the television set was still on, tuned to BBC1, and a small pile of unopened Christmas presents lay on the floor. Washing up was heaped in the kitchen sink and a mountain of post lay behind the front door. Food in the refrigerator was marked with 2003 expiry dates. The dead woman's body was so badly decomposed it could only be identified by comparing dental records with an old holiday photograph of her smiling. Her...
On 25 January 2006, officials from a north London housing association repossessing a bedsit in Wood Green owing to rent arrears made a grim discovery. Lying on the sofa was the skeleton of a 38-year-old woman who had been dead for almost three years. In a corner of the room the television set was still on, tuned to BBC1, and a small pile of unopened Christmas presents lay on the floor. Washing up was heaped in the kitchen sink and a mountain of post lay behind the front door. Food in the refrigerator was marked with 2003 expiry dates. The dead woman's body was so badly decomposed it could only be identified by comparing dental records with an old holiday photograph of her smiling. Her...
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- The Guardian - Film News
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