'Where Things Come Back' film rights acquired by Gotham Group
Corey Whaley, author of the YA novel, retweeted the news from Variety. Gotham Group acquired the rights with Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Lindsay Williams, and Eddie Gamarra producing.
'Things', Whaley's first novel, is set in a small Arkansas town and told through the eyes of a 17-year-old after a birdwatcher spots a species of woodpecker thought to be extinct since the 1940's, sparking a flurry of woodpecker-mania -- while the teen's younger brother has suddenly and inexplicably disappeared. Story is intertwined with that of a young missionary in Africa, who has lost his faith and is searching for meaning.
Gotham Group produced this summer's release from Summit, 'Abduction.'
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