Wrecking Crew Book To Be Made Into Movie By Paramount Pictures
Wrecking Crew, a wondeful book I reviewed a couple of weeks ago, has been picked up by Paramount. Below is an article about what’s to come. I can’t say enough great things about this book, and trust me, aftering reading it, you’ll know why it begged for a film adaptation.
Paramount Pictures has bought John Albert’s memoir “”Wrecking Crew: The Really Bad News Griffith Park Pirates.”" Anonymous Content will produce. Scott Kosar will adapt the story, which chronicles the life of Albert — a former punk band drummer, failed screenwriter and ex-junkie — during his days playing for the Griffith Park Pirates, an amateur baseball team.
Anonymous’ Steve Golin, Shawn Hopkins and Alix Madigan will produce. Paramount’s Brad Weston is overseeing for the studio.
Kosar said his friendship with Albert and “”personal connection to the characters”" drew him to the project. “”I’ve known John since the punk movement of the ’80s,”" he said. “”When he finished the book, he asked if I’d be interested in reading and then possibly adapting it.”"
Albert’s account of his time playing for the Griffith Park Pirates first appeared in an L.A. Weekly article in 2000. The book was published last month by Scribner and made the Los Angeles Times best-seller list.
Kosar’s credits include “”The Machinist,”" last year’s “”The Amityville Horror”" and “”The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”" He is repped by CAA and Anonymous Content.
