By Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, Film EXCLUSIVE: In competitive bidding, Village Roadshow Pictures has acquired the rights to adapt the upcoming Emma Brodie novel Songs In Ursa Major into a feature film.
The author will write the script and Berlanti Productions’ Sarah Schechter and Greg Berlanti will produce. The book will be published in summer 2021 by Alfred A.
Knopf, after the house acquired the book earlier this month. Michael McGrath will executive produce. Jillian Apfelbaum will oversee for Village Roadshow Pictures.
The book is described as a love story set in 1969 at the crossroads of rock and folk; a young musical prodigy falls in love with a hard-partying folk legend.
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