Fox picks ups movie rights to Adena Halpern's 29

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Fox picks ups movie rights to Adena Halpern's 29

POSTED: Thursday, August 5, 2010, 4:45 PM

Filed Under: Movies Books

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Philly is becoming quite the bastion for chick lit cinema. The Hollywood Reporter reports that Fox has picked up the rights to the Philly-set 29, written by Bala Cynwyd-bred Adena Halpern. 29 is about a 75-year-old woman who gets to be the titular age for a day. Chaos ensues, life lessons are learned. John Davis is attached to produce, whose credits this year hilariously involve both Marmaduke and Predators. There are no writers or directors attached yet, nor any word if the local setting will remain. We're gonna bet yes, considering the Film Tax Credit Act of 2007 was retained in the state's budget and Halpern seems quite passionate about the book's locale. In a June interview with A.D. Amorosi, Halpern talked about how the city is an integral part of her novel:

CP:: Are you trying to show off the splendor of Philadelphia, making it a character like Candace Bushnell did with Manhattan in Sex in the City? AH:: Just like Woody Allen does with New York, or John Irving does with New Hampshire, I want the world to see Philly through the same rose-colored glasses that I do. I've always thought of Philly as a best-kept secret. If people want American history, they're going to go to D.C. If they want a city, they're going to go to Manhattan. What they don't know, unless they've visited Philly, is how incredibly beautiful and unexpectedly vibrant it is.

h/t /Film

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