In a competitive situation, Amazon MGM Studios has picked up the film rights to Romantic Hero, the upcoming novel by Kirsty Greenwood.
The book deal marks the first acquisition for Sullivan Street, the recently launched banner from Jennifer Salke, the former head of Amazon MGM who segued into producing last year. Salke will produce the adaptation with Matt Milam, who runs film and TV for the shingle.
The pickup package also sees Peter Chiarelli, who is writing a new Charlie’s Angles feature for Sony, attached to pen the script for the adaptation.
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Greenwood, who lives in England, is former book editor who turned to writing romantic comedies, finding success in the “speculative romantic comedy” field, meaning romance stories with a fantastical aspect. Romantic Hero is no exception. The story follow a heartbroken romance novelist who must confront her writer’s block
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