Get the latest gossip
Producer Donna Gigliotti, Stars Collective Teaming On Feature Adaptation Of Bestselling Historical Drama ‘Fortunate Sons’
A 'Fortunate Sons' movie from Donna Gigliotti and Stars Collective, based on the bestselling historical novel, is in the works, Deadline has learned.
EXCLUSIVE: Stars Collective has optioned the film rights to Fortune Sons: The 120 Chinese Boys Who Came to America, Went to School, and Revolutionized an Ancient Civilization, the critically acclaimed work of non-fiction from Liel Leibovitz and Matthew Miller. Published by W.W. Norton & Company in 2012, the book takes readers back to the twilight of the 19th century, when China — ravaged by poverty, population growth, and aggressive European armies — sent 120 young men to America to learn the secrets of Western innovation. Through this program, filmmakers are afforded the opportunity to develop content with the guidance of such industry luminaries as Sam Raimi, Jon M. Chu, Lu Chuan, Gianni Nunnari, Chris Lee, Paula Wagner, Patrick Wachsberger, and Eric Heumann, along with Gigliotti.
Or read this on Deadline