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Non-Fiction Archive
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![From DHD – Sony Pictures Entertainment and Imagine Entertainment are teaming up for a feature adaptation of My Stroke of Insight, neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor’s memoir about her eight year journey […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/My-Stroke-of-Insight-115x115.jpg "My Stroke of Insight to be feature")
My Stroke of Insight to be feature
Posted on October 4, 2010 | No CommentsFrom DHD – Sony Pictures Entertainment and Imagine Entertainment are teaming up for a feature adaptation of My Stroke of Insight, neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor’s memoir about her eight year journey […] -
![From Variety – U.K. based Scion Films has acquired the rights to Diane Ackerman’s acclaimed nonfiction tome The Zookeeper’s Wife. Angela Workman is set to adapt. Tollin Prods. and Rowe/Miller […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/zookeepers-wife-115x115.jpg "Scion Films cages The Zookeeper’s Wife")
Scion Films cages The Zookeeper’s Wife
Posted on September 23, 2010 | No CommentsFrom Variety – U.K. based Scion Films has acquired the rights to Diane Ackerman’s acclaimed nonfiction tome The Zookeeper’s Wife. Angela Workman is set to adapt. Tollin Prods. and Rowe/Miller […] -
![From THR – Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) is attached to star in a feature adaptation of Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer, Philip Carlo’s biography of Richard “The Ice Man” […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Ice-Man-115x115.jpg "The Ice Man cometh")
The Ice Man cometh
Posted on September 14, 2010 | No CommentsFrom THR – Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) is attached to star in a feature adaptation of Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer, Philip Carlo’s biography of Richard “The Ice Man” […] -
![From THR – Producer Gareth Unwin and screenwriter David Seidler (The King’s Speech), are teaming up for another period drama, this time an adaptation of Kirsten Ellis’ biography of Lady Hester Stanhope, […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Star-of-the-Morning-115x115.jpg "The Life of Lady Hester Stanhope heading for big screen")
The Life of Lady Hester Stanhope heading for big screen
Posted on September 13, 2010 | No CommentsFrom THR – Producer Gareth Unwin and screenwriter David Seidler (The King’s Speech), are teaming up for another period drama, this time an adaptation of Kirsten Ellis’ biography of Lady Hester Stanhope, […] -
![From DHD – the riveting true story that inspired none other than Abraham Lincoln is headed for the big screen. Captain James Riley was one of twelve American sailors shipwrecked in […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Skeletons-on-the-Zahara-115x115.jpg "Harrowing true story headed for the big screen")
Harrowing true story headed for the big screen
Posted on September 2, 2010 | No CommentsFrom DHD – the riveting true story that inspired none other than Abraham Lincoln is headed for the big screen. Captain James Riley was one of twelve American sailors shipwrecked in […] -
![DHD reports that Betty White, the busiest octogenarian in show business, has landed a two book deal at G.P. Putnam’s Sons. The first book, Listen Up!, will be a memoir of […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Betty-White-115x115.jpg "The unstoppable Betty White lands two book deal")
The unstoppable Betty White lands two book deal
Posted on August 18, 2010 | No CommentsDHD reports that Betty White, the busiest octogenarian in show business, has landed a two book deal at G.P. Putnam’s Sons. The first book, Listen Up!, will be a memoir of […] -
![DHD broke the story – Robert Schwentke (RED) is circling Fox 2000’s adaptation of Shadow Divers, a project that has been languishing in development for years. Based on the acclaimed […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/shadow-divers-115x115.jpg "Shadow Divers finally surfacing?")
Shadow Divers finally surfacing?
Posted on August 4, 2010 | No CommentsDHD broke the story – Robert Schwentke (RED) is circling Fox 2000’s adaptation of Shadow Divers, a project that has been languishing in development for years. Based on the acclaimed […] -
![. HBO and Playtone (the team behind Band of Brothers) have acquired the rights to Peter Carlson’s novel K Blows Top, which recounts Khrushchev’s 13-day American sojourn in September 1959, […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/K-blows-top-115x115.jpg "K Blows Top adaptation lands Paul Giamatti")
K Blows Top adaptation lands Paul Giamatti
Posted on July 29, 2010 | No Comments. HBO and Playtone (the team behind Band of Brothers) have acquired the rights to Peter Carlson’s novel K Blows Top, which recounts Khrushchev’s 13-day American sojourn in September 1959, […] -
![Chockstone Pictures has acquired the film rights to Monte Reel’s non-fiction book “The Last of the Tribe: The Epic Quest to Save a Lone Man in the Amazon.” Doug Liman […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Last-of-the-Tribe-115x115.jpg "Monte Reel’s “The Last of the Tribe” in development")
Monte Reel’s “The Last of the Tribe” in development
Posted on July 14, 2010 | No CommentsChockstone Pictures has acquired the film rights to Monte Reel’s non-fiction book “The Last of the Tribe: The Epic Quest to Save a Lone Man in the Amazon.” Doug Liman […] -
![Reviving Ophelia, the famous nonfiction book about raising teenage daughters, is heading to Lifetime. First published in 1994, Mary Pipher’s Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls became a bestseller […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/reviving-ophelia-115x115.jpg "Reviving Ophelia heading to Lifetime")
Reviving Ophelia heading to Lifetime
Posted on July 8, 2010 | No CommentsReviving Ophelia, the famous nonfiction book about raising teenage daughters, is heading to Lifetime. First published in 1994, Mary Pipher’s Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls became a bestseller […]
