The critical and financial success that The Help has experienced is paying off for director Tate Taylor, who, according to THR, is currently in talks to direct an adaptation of Leif Enger‘s novel, Peace Like a River. The story is centered on Reuben Land, an 11-year-old with asthma who goes on a trip with his sister and father to find his brother, a 16-year-old that escaped from jail; he was sent there after killing two people who were attempting to break into the family’s home.
It’s set to be produced by Brad Pitt for Plan B Entertainment, along with David Brown and Kit Golden, while Warner Bros. is distributing. This is a book that has been in various stages of development for several years, with Kathy McWorter being hired to write the script and Billy Bob Thornton once attached to play the dad, the latter of which...
It’s set to be produced by Brad Pitt for Plan B Entertainment, along with David Brown and Kit Golden, while Warner Bros. is distributing. This is a book that has been in various stages of development for several years, with Kathy McWorter being hired to write the script and Billy Bob Thornton once attached to play the dad, the latter of which...
- 8/17/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
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