Ale Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Sony nabs 'Angelology' rights Won bidding war for Danielle Trussoni's debut novel By Borys Kit Jan 30, 2009, 10:17 PM ET Sony won a fierce bidding war for "Angelology," the debut novel by Danielle Trussoni in the vein of "The Da Vinci Code." The studio picked up the movie rights for Will Smith's Overbrook and Marc Forster's Apparatus shingle, which will co-produce. "Angelology" is proving to be one of the hotter literary properties in a while. The novel sparked a bidding war amongst several publishing houses, ultimately ending up at Viking earlier in the week. The screen rights chase began right after. The story follows a young nun in upstate New York who unwittingly reignites an ancient war between Angelologists, a group who studies angels, and a race of monster-like descendants of angels and humans called the Nephilim. The book was generating heat for blending Biblical lore, the Orpheus myth, and the fall of rebel angels. Overbrook's James Lassiter and Ken Stovitz and Apparatus' Brad Simpson were instrumental in bringing the book into Columbia, which was competing with Warners (for Akiva Goldman's Weed Road) and Universal (for Imagine). The deal was in the seven figures. Andrea Gianetti and DeVon Franklin will oversee for Columbia. Trussoni is repped by CAA and Janklow & Nesbit. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/conten...7477a536ab7ff65 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale Posted February 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Sony’s ‘Angelology’ Gets Black List Scribe EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures set Larry Brenner to write a draft of Angelology, based on the Danielle Trussoni novel. Will Smith and James Lassiter’s Overbrook Entertainment and Marc Forster’s Apparatus is producing. Brenner wrote Bethlehem, a script that made the most recent Black List. Sony paid $1 million for the rights to the novel in 2009. Angelology revolves around a 23-year old nun who teams with an angelologist to thwart a group that tries to destroy mankind by harnessing the destructive powers of a race of angel/human hybrids. The scribe’s repped by CAA and Magnet Management.http://www.deadline.com/2012/02/sonys-angelology-gets-black-list-scribe/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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