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‘The Barracks Thief:’ Novella From ‘This Boy’s Life’ Author Tobias Wolff To Be Adapted For The Screen By Mindriot’s Jonathan Keasey
Tobias Wolff's memoir 'This Boy's Life' was the source material for the 1993 feature of the same name starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro.
EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Keasey, the scribe behind Danielle Deadwyler’s Parallel and Demi Lovato’s Tow, has signed on to adapt The Barracks Thief, a novella from award-winning author Tobias Wolff. Most notably, his 1989 book This Boy’s Life: A Memoir was adapted for the screen by Michael Caton-Jones, with Leonardo DiCaprio starring as the teenage Wolff in his breakout big-screen performance and Robert De Niro as his abusive step-father Dwight. Alongside The Barracks Thief, MindRiot, which Keasey runs with co-founder Dr. Justin MacGregor and COO Randa Minkarah, has a slew of buzzy projects moving towards production.
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