Exclusive: Chatrone LLC has optioned both film and television rights to the Mexican novel, Death Of Artemio Cruz by the late Carlos Fuentes. Chatrone partners Carina Schulze and Aaron D. Berger will developing for both feature and TV treatments. The novel is considered Fuentes’ masterpiece and was at the center of the Latin “Boom” movement in the world of literature in the late 80s. The novel is essentially a deathbed confession by the title character as he looks back on his corrupt and sordid life and how he evolved from idealistic revolutionary to successful businessman and exploiter of the people and the ideals he once fought for. The book won the Cervantes Prize in 1987. “Artemio’s story is compelling because it embodies the history and struggles of Latin America,” says Chatrone’s Carina Schulze. “We are pleased to obtain the opportunity to bring the story to the big screen and other media,...
- 6/15/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Beloved Mexican author Carlos Fuentes has died, aged 83.
The novelist and essayist, who is among the most popular writers of the Spanish-speaking world, passed away on Tuesday, according to multiple reports.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced the death on his Twitter.com page.
Fuentes' most famous novels included Where the Air Is Clear, The Death of Artemio Cruz, Terra Nostra and The Old Gringo, which was adapted into a movie starring Jane Fonda and Gregory Peck.
He also wrote plays, newspaper columns and co-founded a literary magazine.
The novelist and essayist, who is among the most popular writers of the Spanish-speaking world, passed away on Tuesday, according to multiple reports.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced the death on his Twitter.com page.
Fuentes' most famous novels included Where the Air Is Clear, The Death of Artemio Cruz, Terra Nostra and The Old Gringo, which was adapted into a movie starring Jane Fonda and Gregory Peck.
He also wrote plays, newspaper columns and co-founded a literary magazine.
- 5/16/2012
- WENN
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