Development

Getting Blue

entitled entertainment has optioned the rights to the novel GETTING BLUE by Peter Gethers who has also written the screenplay for the project. Getting Blue follows a young star athlete's search for truth, love and the ultimate baseball moment. Bill Duke is set to direct.

Gethers has written three best-selling non-fiction books including ROTISSERIE LEAGUE BASEBALL and THE CAT WHO WENT TO PARIS which he has adapted for the screen for Tribeca Films.

The Next Rainy Day

entitled has optioned the novel THE NEXT RAINY DAY written by Philip David Alexander. The project will serve as James Burke's next directorial effort.

"It's a dark, visceral novel that bores straight into the hearts of its hard-luck characters."
-- Matthew Firth Ottawa Express.

"THE NEXT RAINY DAY could have come from the pen of Russell Banks. Think THE SWEET HEREAFTER. Think AFFLICTION. These are not easy books with simple plotlines or quick moral resolution. THE NEXT RAINY DAY isn't either."
-- Michael Bryson Danforth Review

Well Done, Pear Danube!

Accountant by day, do-gooder by night, Pear Danube and his trusty sidekick Poopy steal clothing from the rich and give it to the poor to wear...or sell for food.

From critically-acclaimed playwright Sean Michael Welch comes this comedy/farce set in 1625 England. Savage Steve Holland (BETTER OFF DEAD) will direct.

Legacies

LEGACIES penned by John Bishop (DROP ZONE, THE PACKAGE). This contemporary film noir follows the investigation of a double murder that uncovers damaging truths hidden in the fabric of a small Mid-western town. entitled's James Burke will direct the picture.