Out of the Reject Pile
How My Book Became a Movie on Netflix (And How It Can Happen with Your Story/Idea Too)
In 2016, a group of filmmakers turned my first novel into a comedy film starring Nathan Lane. Here’s how.
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9 min readAug 1, 2019
Three years ago, a Hollywood film director and trio of producers turned my first novel into a comedy film starring Bel Powley, Nathan Lane, Vanessa Bayer, Gabriel Byrne, Colin O’Donoghue, Jason Ritter, William Moseley, and Desmin Borges. It’s…
