Dean Koontz’s dog heading to the big screen

Ralph Winter (”X-Men”) and Terry Botwick have fetched feature rights to Dean Koontz’s Trixie property through their 1019 Entertainment banner and are developing the doggie story as a family comedy. Stephanie Fitch Groff has been tapped to write the screenplay about Trixie — Koontz’s real-life golden retriever, who’s the subject of his memoir “A Big Little Life.” The canine is also “author” of “Bliss to You” and the star of a series of children’s picture books written by Koontz and illustrated by Janet Cleland, the first of which is “I, Trixie Who Is Dog.” The “Trixie” feature will be produced by Winter and Botwick along with 1019 exec Whitney Thomas.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118021721.html?categoryId=4026&cs=1

You can find more about Trixie – including her new line of products – here:

http://trixie.deankoontz.com/about-trixie/trixie-style/products/