SLATTERY TURNS FAVOURITE BOOK INTO DREAM MOVIE PROJECT
MAD MEN star JOHN SLATTERY is convinced he’s destined to turn a favourite book into a movie - after finding himself sitting next to the guy who owns the film rights at a concert.
The actor wanted to adapt the book for the big screen a decade ago and almost landed a production deal, before the project fell apart.
He’d largely forgotten about it until a chance meeting with the woman who was going to help him produce the film prompted him to take another look at his screenplay.
He adds, "I went to a concert and I ended up sitting next to a guy who controlled the rights to the movie and he asked me if I wanted it after years of trying to get it.
"I’m actually going to do that and I’ve since written it. So you go, ‘Maybe this was the next thing I was meant to do.’ "I’ve directed a couple of episodes of Mad Men in an effort to go into that. Signs are hard to ignore. We’re still working on the rights but it’s gonna happen, I think." Ironically, in his new movie The Adjustment Bureau, Slattery plays the leader of a team of sinister destiny fixers.
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