Two new movie deals:
Sharon Draper’s
‘Out of My Mind’ YA Novel Set for Movie Adaptation
According to Variety, EveryWhere Studios and the Gotham Group (“The Maze Runner”) are teaming to
produce a movie based on Sharon Draper’s inspirational young adult novel “Out
of My Mind.”
The
story centers on the journey of a young girl, wheelchair-bound and unable to
communicate because of cerebral palsy, to discover her true potential. Draper’s
book was recently named one of Time magazine’s “100 best young adult books of
all time” and has sold more than 1.5 million copies.
’13 Little Blue
Envelopes’ Movie In The Mail With Alloy & New Line
According to Deadline, Alloy Entertainment has landed rights to Maureen
Johnson’s bestseller 13 Little Blue Envelopes and will develop the YA
novel as a feature film with corporate sibling New Line Cinema. Black List
scribe Harper Dill (Friend Of Bill) has been tapped to adapt the
book, originally published in 2006 by HarperCollins. A sequel was published in
2014.
