Paul Castro, one of the scribes behind August Rush, has signed a two-picture deal with producers Michael Wasserman and Amy Balsam's the Unusual Suspects banner.
The deal, made before the WGA strike, sees Wasserman and Balsam acquiring two projects from Castro: the drama Eileen's Ice and the coming-of-age road drama Cupcake, which will mark the writer's directorial debut.
"Ice" centers on an unorthodox nun who is ordered to take in a troubled teen under house arrest and learns that the two unlikely companions have more in common than she thinks.
Cupcake follows a teen's quest to find the father he never knew with the help of a prostitute named Cupcake.
Wasserman produced the recent baseball movie The Final Season, while Balsam co-produced My Sexiest Year with Frankie Muniz, Harvey Keitel and Haylie Duff.
Castro's August Rush, starring Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, opens Wednesday November 21. Castro is repped by Preferred Artists.
The deal, made before the WGA strike, sees Wasserman and Balsam acquiring two projects from Castro: the drama Eileen's Ice and the coming-of-age road drama Cupcake, which will mark the writer's directorial debut.
"Ice" centers on an unorthodox nun who is ordered to take in a troubled teen under house arrest and learns that the two unlikely companions have more in common than she thinks.
Cupcake follows a teen's quest to find the father he never knew with the help of a prostitute named Cupcake.
Wasserman produced the recent baseball movie The Final Season, while Balsam co-produced My Sexiest Year with Frankie Muniz, Harvey Keitel and Haylie Duff.
Castro's August Rush, starring Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, opens Wednesday November 21. Castro is repped by Preferred Artists.
- 11/20/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- August Rush scribe Paul Castro will write the screenplay for A Perfect Match, based on a documentary about a black girl from Harlem and a Jewish girl from London who become Wimbledon doubles champions.
The narrative film, to be produced by Miami-based Figaro Films and Viollet Prods., will be adapted from Betsy Blankenbaker's recently completed documentary of the same name. It will chronicle Harlem's Althea Gibson and London's Angela Buxton, who overcame racial and religious intolerance to win at the 1956 Wimbledon tennis championship.
Castro, who still serves as an officer in the U.S. Navy, has several projects in various stages of talks. Blankenbaker's docu is now up for distribution.
Match is now in development with a projected $7 million budget. Producer Rachel Viollet will help rep presales at this week's American Film Market.
Castro is repped by Preferred Artists.
The narrative film, to be produced by Miami-based Figaro Films and Viollet Prods., will be adapted from Betsy Blankenbaker's recently completed documentary of the same name. It will chronicle Harlem's Althea Gibson and London's Angela Buxton, who overcame racial and religious intolerance to win at the 1956 Wimbledon tennis championship.
Castro, who still serves as an officer in the U.S. Navy, has several projects in various stages of talks. Blankenbaker's docu is now up for distribution.
Match is now in development with a projected $7 million budget. Producer Rachel Viollet will help rep presales at this week's American Film Market.
Castro is repped by Preferred Artists.
- 10/30/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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