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Chris Columbus To Helm John Grisham Baseball Novel ‘Calico Joe’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday June 4, 2012 @ 11:20am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Chris Columbus, John Grisham
Mike Fleming

Chris Columbus’ 1492 Pictures has acquired the rights to John Grisham’s bestselling novel Calico Joe, and Columbus will adapt it himself and direct. Set in the world of Major League Baseball, the novel is about fathers and sons, forgiveness and redemption. Book was published in April by Doubleday and has been atop the New York Times bestseller list since it hit bookshelves.

“When I finished this beautiful, deeply moving novel, I immediately started to see the movie in my head,” Columbus said. “I knew that I had to write and direct Calico Joe. The story deals with universal themes of betrayal, tragedy and redemption. It has the potential to be a classic film and I am honored to be a part of it.” – Chris Columbus

Said Grisham: “Calico Joe is a special story that I worked on for five years. I can’t wait to see Chris’s adaptation of it.” – John Grisham

Grisham will executive produce, and Columbus will produce with his partners, 1492 Pictures’ President Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe. They most recently produced The Help.

Columbus and 1492 Pictures are repped by WME. Grisham is repped by David Gernert of The Gernert Company.

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John Lee Hancock To Direct John Grisham’s ‘The Partner’ For New Regency

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday January 27, 2012 @ 2:31pm PSTTags: Arnon Milchan, John Grisham, John Lee Hancock
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: The Blind Side director John Lee Hancock has been set to write and direct The Partner, based on the John Grisham bestseller. The project is set up at New Regency, whose principal, Arnon Milchan, previously adapted the Grisham novels … Read More »

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NBC’s ‘The Firm’ To Be Ready For Fall

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Saturday May 14, 2011 @ 8:48am PDTTags: John Grisham, NBC, The Firm
Nellie Andreeva

With all the attention on the new series pickups at NBC, let’s not forget that the network has been eyeing another new series on tap for next season that has larger order than any of the newly picked-up shows – … Read More »

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EOne & SPT’s Networks To Produce 22- Episode Series Based On John Grisham’s ‘The Firm’, NBC In Negotiations To Pick It Up

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday April 27, 2011 @ 10:30pm PDTTags: eOne, John Grisham, NBC, Sony, The Firm
Nellie Andreeva

Nearly two decades after John Grisham’s The Firm made him a household name, the novel is becoming a TV series, which has locked in wide international distribution and is close to landing a domestic network too. NBC is in negotiations … Read More »

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Tony Scott Has To Choose Among Pic Trio

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday August 4, 2010 @ 9:31pm PDTTags: John Grisham, Mickey Rourke, Ridley Scott, Shia LaBeouf, The Associate, Tony Scott
Mike Fleming

It is decision time for director Tony Scott. Tracking board missives made the rounds today that Scott might direct an adaptation of the John Grisham novel The Associate for Paramount, which has a script by William Monahan and a longstanding attachment by Shia LaBeouf. The story was picked up tonight by the LA Times. This has been something Scott has been mulling for weeks,  but nobody would confirm because Scott has others he has to decide between for his next slot. Top of that list is Potzdamer Platz, the drama financed through True Romance producer Sammy Hadida, and the Fox 2000 drama Hell’s Angels. The latter project has a script coming in imminently by Scott Frank, with Mickey Rourke and La Beouf as Scott’s choices to play the two lead roles. Read More »

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William Monahan To Anonymous Content

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday July 12, 2010 @ 1:37pm PDTTags: Anonymous Content, Colin Farrell, GK Films, John Grisham, Keira Knightley, London Boulevard, Michael Sugar, Paramount, The Associate, The Departed, William Monahan
Mike Fleming

monahan_williamWilliam Monahan, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Departed, has signed with management firm Anonymous Content’s Michael Sugar. Sugar joins WME’s Chris Donnelly and attorney David Fox on Monahan’s rep team. Monahan is in post-production on London Boulevard, making his directing debut … Read More »

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