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Article: Pub will open books for pics.(Random House Inc. Random House Films contracted with HarperCollins Publishers Inc.)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- October 2, 2007
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HarperCollins is taking a page from Random House Films, inking with Gotham producer Jeffrey Sharp.
Deal essentially amounts to a first-look pact for Sharp, with the producer interacting with editors on new titles that have development potential, as well as combing the publisher's catalog for tomes that could be turned into pics.
The producer will have an office in the News Corp. publisher's Gotham headquarters.
"As an independent producer, one of the great challenges is to have access to great material. This allows us to do that," Sharp said.
Though scouts and agents often evaluate or sell tomes before they are fully formed, Sharp ...