Jaigantic Studios has acquired Hawthorne Books and Literary Arts. The imprint will target manuscripts with the goal of finding projects potential for film and TV content.
“This is a marriage made in heaven,” said Rhonda Hughes, the publisher at Hawthorne.
The company, which is headquartered in Portland, Ore., has optioned several projects in the past. That includes optioning the rights to Monica Drake’s “Clown Girl” to Kristen Wiig, and optioning Lidia Yuknavitch’s “The Chronology of Water: A Memoir” to Scott Free, which has tapped Kristen Stewart to adapt and direct. Hawthorne has also published Academy Award nominated screenwriter Anthony McCarten’s novel, “Brilliance.” McCarten wrote the scripts for “The Theory of Everything” and “The Two Popes.”
Hughes will remain in her current role and will continue buying literary fiction and creative nonfiction. Initially, Hawthorne will publish eight books per year.
Hawthorne’s first book to be released as...
“This is a marriage made in heaven,” said Rhonda Hughes, the publisher at Hawthorne.
The company, which is headquartered in Portland, Ore., has optioned several projects in the past. That includes optioning the rights to Monica Drake’s “Clown Girl” to Kristen Wiig, and optioning Lidia Yuknavitch’s “The Chronology of Water: A Memoir” to Scott Free, which has tapped Kristen Stewart to adapt and direct. Hawthorne has also published Academy Award nominated screenwriter Anthony McCarten’s novel, “Brilliance.” McCarten wrote the scripts for “The Theory of Everything” and “The Two Popes.”
Hughes will remain in her current role and will continue buying literary fiction and creative nonfiction. Initially, Hawthorne will publish eight books per year.
Hawthorne’s first book to be released as...
- 4/21/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Kristen Wiig’s Bridesmaids might have been too successful.
It’s an audience favorite, a critical darling, and a legitimate awards contender, the holy trinity for a Hollywood studio. On paper, it amounts to $288 million worldwide from a budget of $32 million, plus revenue from its resilient run on the DVD and Blu-ray sales charts — good for another $50 million, at least. With that kind of success, a sequel seems inevitable, especially if executives have their way.
In this case, the studio is Universal, the boardroom that has been dropping admittedly risky but potentially great projects (e.g. At the Mountains of Madness, The Dark Tower) for no-brainer flicks like a sixth and seventh Fast and the Furious and Hasbro game movies like Battleship (which is just Transformers at sea). It’s a business, so you can’t quite blame Universal chief Ron Meyer for wanting another hit, and the hefty profit that comes with it.
It’s an audience favorite, a critical darling, and a legitimate awards contender, the holy trinity for a Hollywood studio. On paper, it amounts to $288 million worldwide from a budget of $32 million, plus revenue from its resilient run on the DVD and Blu-ray sales charts — good for another $50 million, at least. With that kind of success, a sequel seems inevitable, especially if executives have their way.
In this case, the studio is Universal, the boardroom that has been dropping admittedly risky but potentially great projects (e.g. At the Mountains of Madness, The Dark Tower) for no-brainer flicks like a sixth and seventh Fast and the Furious and Hasbro game movies like Battleship (which is just Transformers at sea). It’s a business, so you can’t quite blame Universal chief Ron Meyer for wanting another hit, and the hefty profit that comes with it.
- 1/6/2012
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
“A Novel Idea” is a recurring feature at Gordon and the Whale that combines two things that I may have some expertise in – books and movies. “A Novel Idea” is essentially book reviews with a cinematic bent, examining literary works already slated for the big screen treatment – aiming to give us an idea of what to look for when those books finally hit the silver screen, for better or worse.
Read more on A Novel Idea: Monica Drake’s “Clown Girl”...
Read more on A Novel Idea: Monica Drake’s “Clown Girl”...
- 3/24/2011
- by Kate Erbland
- GordonandtheWhale
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