Novelist Lawrence Osborne to Script Film Adaptation of Cult War Memoir 'River of Time'
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hollywoodreporter.comEnglish novelist Lawrence Osborne, acclaimed for his enigmatic thrillers set in exotic locales around the world, is set to write a big-screen adaptation of Jon Swain's cult Khmer Rouge memoir River of Time.
Osborne will executive produce the project alongside Nicholas Simon, CEO of Bangkok-based film company Indochina Productions.
The partners, sharing a passion for the source material, approached Swain directly to option the film rights. The deal was closed ahead of this week's first-ever Virtual Cannes Market.
River of Time has been described as the quintessential memoir of the Vietnam War era, centered mostly on events in Cambodia and Saigon between 1970 and 1975.
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