Church,” starring Eddie Murphy and Alexandre Moors’ Iraq war drama, “The Yellow Birds,” featuring an ensemble including Alden Ehrenreich, Tye Sheridan, Jack Huston, Jennifer Aniston, Toni Collette and Jason Patric.Stephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. Since launching in 2010, The Fyzz Facility, which has offices in London and Los Angeles, has invested more than $110 million in 125 films, with recent credits including Martin Scorsese’s upcoming “Silence,” starring Liam Neeson and Andrew Garfield Bruce Beresford’s “Mr.
Despite its title, the 2001 film of the same name, directed by Scott Hicks and starring Anthony Hopkins, took two of the other stories in the collection, “Low Men in Yellow Coats” and “Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling,” as its basis. “Hearts in Atlantis” served as the title story of King’s 1999 collection of two novellas and three short stories. We are excited to start casting for the film and working towards production in 2017.” “This is a wonderful story, and Johannes and Ernest have again proved what fantastic writers they are with a wonderful adaptation of King’s source material. “We are delighted to be able to tackle material that is reminiscent of classic Stephen King adaptations like ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ and ‘Stand By Me,'” says Harris. The company will also put together the finance. The Fyzz Facility’s James Harris will produce the new film alongside colleagues Mark Lane, Robert Jones and Wayne Marc Godfrey. Their grades begin to fall, and one by one they flunk out at a time when life outside college meant the draft and the jungles of Vietnam. The story centers on a group of poor freshmen, surviving off scholarships and aid packages, who become obsessed with the highly addictive – and highly vindictive – card game Hearts and find their world starts to slowly unravel. The celebrated author has given his personal approval to the adaptation, which is based on his own time in college. Turning this story into a movie had been a lifelong dream.”
“As a teenager, discovering Stephen King’s books and their cinematic counterparts was what led me to want to become a filmmaker,” says Roberts. “The story ‘Hearts in Atlantis’ is my favorite piece of King’s writing.
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