Amblin Partners is developing a feature film based on the life of Sonia “Sunny” Jacobs, a woman wrongfully convicted of murder who is later freed and starts a center to assist exonerees.
Amblin is currently meeting with writers to adapt Jacobs' story, which shewrote about in the book Stolen Time: The Inspiring Story of an Innocent Woman Condemned to Death.
Stolen Time —a working title — will be produced by TED's Juliet Blake, who previously worked with the studio onThe Hundred-Foot Journey.
Filmmaker and social justice activist Micki Dickoff (In the Blink of an Eye, Neshoba) and Jason Flom, host of the podcast Wrongful Conviction and founder of Lava Media, will executive produce.
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