Amazon, Jennifer Salke Team to Adapt Hot Book ‘Romantic Hero’ (Exclusive)
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The pickup of the upcoming Kirsty Greenwood novel is the inaugural acquisition for Salke's Sullivan Street Productions banner.
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment In a competitive situation, Amazon MGM Studios has picked up the film rights to Romantic Hero , the upcoming novel by Kirsty Greenwood. The book deal marks the first acquisition for Sullivan Street, the recently launched banner from Jennifer Salke , the former head of Amazon MGM who segued into producing last year. Salke will produce the adaptation with Matt Milam, who runs film and TV for the shingle. The pickup package also sees Peter Chiarelli, who is writing a new Charlie’s Angles feature for Sony, attached to pen the script for the adaptation. Related Stories General News Paley Center to Honor Warner Music Group's Robert Kyncl, Vivendi's Arnaud de Puyfontaine and 'Charlie's Angels' at Spring Gala Movies Box Office: 'GOAT' Struts to No. 1 Stateside With $17M, 'Wuthering Heights' Earns $14M for Sexy Global Haul of $152M Greenwood, who lives in England, is former book editor who turned to writing romantic comedies, finding success in the “speculative romantic comedy” field, meaning romance stories with a fantastical aspect. Romantic Hero is no exception. The story follow a heartbroken romance novelist who must confront her writer’s block when the notorious cowboy villain from her books suddenly appears in the real world, determined to rewrite his fate and claim his own happily ever after. Katy Saindon brought in the project and will oversee for Sullivan Street Productions. Greenwood, whose previous best-seller The Love of My Afterlife was selected as a Good Morning America Book Club pick, is repped by CAA and Hannah Todd at Janklow Agency. Chiarelli is a writer-producer who co-wrote the hit Warner Bros. feature Crazy Rich Asians as well as the Ryan Reynolds-Sandra Bullock comedy The Proposal . He is credited with co-story on Sony Pictures...
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