Projects, We Have Projects
Island Pictures is developing Trophy Boys based on a New York
magazine story about gay men who look for sugar daddies in Hollywood.
"What we have in mind is the gay version of How to Marry a Millionaire,"
Island Pictures president, Mark Burg, told Variety. The
film's producer, Howard Rosenman, also has an HBO series in development
called "Lesbian Woman Seeks Gay Man for Marriage of Convenience." And
keep an eye out for the gay western musical, "Is That A Shotgun In Your
Saddle Or Are You Just Glad To See Me?"
Another comic book is headed to the big screen. Mark Canton,
the man who bought Men In Black for Sony, has purchased the rights
to "House of Secrets," a DC/Vertigo comic about a house haunted by a
ghost jury that puts people on trial for the secrets they've kept throughout
their lives. Up first is Canton, who'll be tried for managing to keep
the secret of his genius under wraps throughout his Sony tenure. Only
after he left last January did Sony become the most successful studio
of 1997 on the strength of his line-up.
Finally, Warner Bros. has bit into Andy Kurtzman and Eliot
Wald's screenplay, Teething, about a couple who adopts a
vampire. It's no wonder that Warner Bros. is willing to bank on the
writing duo. After all, they came up with Down Periscope and
Camp Nowhere, two titles that fit the box office returns. No
truth to the rumors that Fox is already planning a series based on the
movie to co-star Louise Woodward.
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