Richard Gladstein, Daryl Roth to produce comedy-drama
NEW YORK -- Film producer Richard Gladstein and theater producer Daryl Roth are teaming to produce "Apologize, Apologize," a comedy-drama based on Elizabeth Kelly's novel about an eccentric New England family.
The project centers on Collie, a boy who grows up on Martha's Vineyard surrounded by a set of colorful characters, including an activist mother and a mogul grandfather. Kelly, who is repped by Sylvie Rabineau, will adapt the screenplay from her own book, which is set to come out next year from Jon Karp's Twelve imprint.pls leave names in if we can, thanks.
Gladstein is behind such hits as "The Cider House Rules," "Finding Neverland" and "The Bourne Identity," with Kelly's voice said to contain echoes of the prose of John Irving, who of course penned the novel on which "Rules" is based. Gladstein will produce through his Film Colony banner.
Roth is a theatrical producer with a knack for producing Pulitzer- and Tony-winning plays: Over the years she's been behind such productions as "Wit" and "Proof" and also produced the 2008 best play Tony winner "August: Osage County." "Apologize" marks her first expansion into film, with other projects expected to follow.
She acquired films rights to Kelly's novel after being asked to read it for a jacket blurb, then brought the project to Gladstein.
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