After years of being attached to and developing The Ice at the Bottom of the World, Alan Parker is now turning his attention to producer Scott Rudin and Allison Owen’s film adaptation of a book that won the Whitbread Award for British children's literature.
Parker who last directed The Life of David Gale (a film that I often debate among peers who claim it is a superior film) is in negotiations to write and adapt the project. Miramax Films will distribute.
Based on the children's novel by Jamila Gavin, this is a story about teenage pregnancy, infanticide and slave-trading in 18th Century Georgian London, Coram Boy is a sprawling epic of Dickensian proportions. It follows the story of wealthy English estate heir who forsakes his fortune for music before fathering a love child.
