by Mary | Aug 28, 2014 | THE SPARROW
This morning’s news about Brad and Angie getting married made me smile. I still feel a little proprietary about them. For a few years, Brad Pitt was attached to play the lead in a Warner Brothers production of The Sparrow. He was, reportedly, passionate about...
by Mary | Jun 21, 2013 | DOC, DOC on HBO, THE SPARROW, The Sparrow movie, THE SPARROW on AMC
Two Hollywood attempts to bring The Sparrow to the big screen have made me feel a certain kinship with Max Brooks. Both of us have written science fiction novels that were optioned for a Brad Pitt movie, so watching what’s happened to Mr. Brooks’ book...
by Mary | Feb 2, 2013 | DOC on HBO, THE SPARROW, The Sparrow movie, THE SPARROW on AMC
Thanks, everybody, for helping me celebrate the AMC/Sparrow option! In answer to FAQs: I won’t be writing scripts. I won’t have input to scripts. I don’t expect to be consulted in any way on scripts, casting, or story arc. When you sign an option,...
by Mary | Apr 27, 2012 | THE SPARROW, The Sparrow movie
The Sparrow remains unfilmed, after 15 years of sustained effort by people passionate about getting a movie adaptation produced. What’s the problem? Here’s the conventional wisdom. There’s a big market for science fiction action movies, but despite...
by Mary | Oct 14, 2010 | The Sparrow movie
From the beginning, readers have said that The Sparrow is very cinematic. People in Hollywood thought so, too. Producer Nick Wechsler came close to doing a movie adaptation twice, first with Antonio Banderas at Universal Pictures and most recently with Brad Pitt at...