(it�s
great to know famous people�.especially when they are nice famous people.� Congrats to my nettage friend Allison Burnett�..good
goin� !!� I gotta put my autograph from
him in some good frame dealio now�.
This certainly makes me feel like I'm accomplishing nothing....ahoy matey it's
time for me to sail my own ship...
The
Hollywood Reporter today�
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Disney,
Beacon jump for 'Joy'
By Chris Gardner
The Walt Disney Co. and Beacon Pictures have wrapped up Allison Burnett's
spec script "Bundle of Joy" for mid- against high-six figures.
The logline of the project is being closely guarded; it's described only as
a romantic comedy. At the Armyan Bernstein-helmed company, the project will
be overseen by executives Jodi Zuckerman and Zanne Devine. At the studio,
it's being shepherded by Karen Glass and Jill Morris.
�Burnett penned United Artists' "Autumn in New York,"
"Allegation" for Paramount Pictures and "Resurrecting the
Champ" for Paramount and Phoenix Pictures. Last year, Broadway Books
published his first tome, a novel titled "Christopher," which is
being developed into a feature film by producer Sam Kitt. He is repped by Endeavor,
manager Michael Sugar at Relativity/Machine and attorney Bill Skrzyniarz.
Hammering out the deal for Beacon were Michael Helfant and Greg Schenz.
��Beacon's recent film projects include "Raising Helen"
and the upcoming "Ladder 49," to be released in the fall from
Disney. The company has a five-year overall co-financing and distribution
arrangement with Disney/Buena Vista.
