Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaMatt Taibbi’s “Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another” has been optioned by Vespucci, a media company that has made a practice of teaming up with journalists on movies, shows and podcasts.Vespucci partnered with Charles Dorfman’s production company Samuel Marshall Films to option the rights to the non-fiction book.
The plan is to develop “Hate Inc.” into a feature documentary. The company is still looking to attach a director.“Hate Inc.” is a trenchant look at the changing media landscape, examining the ways that cable news and other platforms have turned reporting into entertainment and deepened the political divide.
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