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Department M Lands Rights To Book ‘Send Me: The True Story Of A Mother At War’


Department M has acquired the film rights to the acclaimed nonfiction book Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War

EXCLUSIVE: Department M, the independent studio founded by Mike Larocca and Michael Schaefer, has acquired the film rights to the acclaimed nonfiction book Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War, by Marty Skovlund Jr. and Joe Kent and tapped Jessica Goldberg to adapt the script. The book is her heroic life story, revealing the truth of both her work and the challenges she faced while trying to raise a family with her husband Joe, himself a Special Forces soldier. Department M upcoming slate includes The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, from highly acclaimed Mexican writer-director Michelle Garza Cervera, which is a remake of the classic 1992 thriller.

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