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Will Ferrell To Make A Scene On the Front Lawn
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... a coming of age story about a young man pushed by his father to embrace adventure. At the age of 11 he's stranded in the mountains after surviving a plane crash that killed his father. The film is based on Norman Ollestad's memoir. Fetters has become something of a go-to scribe for Warner Bros., which also has him working on its A Star Is Born reboot and the screenplay for a Nicholas Sparks book. If he does well with these, they'll let him take a crack at a real movie. [THR] ...
Will Fetters to write ‘Crazy for the Storm’ for Warner Bros.
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Warner Bros. has hired hot screenwriter Will Fetters to write the adventure film Crazy for the Storm , according to The Hollywood Reporter . The project is based on Norman Ollestad’s memoir, about his childhood and surviving the plane crash that killed his adventurous father. Fetters is also working on Warner’s A Star is Born and Nicholas Sparks adaptation The Lucky One .
Ryan Reynolds Goes 'Tootsie'; Coppola Prepping New Film?
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... of "A Star Is Born", will adapt the non-fiction bestseller "Crazy for the Storm", by Norman Ollestad. The story, a memoir, tells of Ollestad's complicated relationship with his father, who pushed his child into various extreme sports. When he was 11, the pair's plane crashed in the San Gabriel Mountains, kiling the father, and forcing Ollestad to use the skills his father taught him to survive. Well, it's hard to deny that that's pretty great material... ...
