Monday, August 20, 2012

A Little Excitement


From Publisher's Weekly-Page to Screen

Fox 2000 has optioned Megan Abbott’s Dare Me, which was released by Reagan Arthur Books in July. The option was done on behalf of producer Karen Rosenfelt (The Devil Wears Prada), who is currently developing feature adaptations of Marcus Zusak’s The Book Thief and Daniel Handler’s Why We Broke Up. The novel, which explores the dark underside of competitive teenage cheerleading and was pitched by the publisher as “Fight Club for girls,” is being adapted for the screen by Abbott.

Sylvie Rabineau and Jill Gillet at RWSG Literary did the deal on behalf of Dan Conaway at Writers House.

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

Patti - YAY!! That's wonderful! Thanks for sharing.

YA Sleuth said...

Woohoo! Great news to start the week with. Congrats!

Unknown said...

Zowie!

George said...

Megan hits the Big Time! You should be so proud of your daughter!

Al Tucher said...

Outstanding news!

Jerry House said...

A little excitement? You are the queen of understatement, Patti. Congrats to Megan!

Anonymous said...

Wow - very cool.

Now that's a one line description even Hollywood can understand.

Let's hope it gets made.


Jeff M.

Fred Zackel said...

My sincerest congratulations to Megan and her mom!

sandra seamans said...

That's grand news, Patti!!

Loren Eaton said...

Congrats, Patti (and Meg)! Great news!

pattinase (abbott) said...

Thanks all.

Charles Gramlich said...

That is exciting. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Charlieopera said...

Dynamite!

Thomas Pluck said...

Get the fuck out!
Great news. Congratulations to Megan and y'all!

Anonymous said...

Wonderful and exciting news!!
Michel

Erik Donald France said...

FanTasTic! Congrats & kudos ~!

Todd Mason said...

As she knows, she needs to keep William Goldman's advice in mind...but worse things can happen...

Brian Busby said...

Exciting, indeed, Patti... and more than a little!