WIP teams with Wells for ‘Arsonist’s Guide’

Warner Independent and John Wells Prods. are once again tapping into developing screen material from the literary genre. Variety announces that Warner Independent Pictures have optioned Brock Clarke's An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England.

The novel was just released last month and comes across as a dramatic mystery set during two time frames. Starting off with a teenager, it was never Sam Pulsifer’s intention to torch an American landmark. He certainly never planned to kill two people in the blaze. To this day, he still wonders why that young couple was upstairs in bed in the Emily Dickinson house after hours. After serving ten years in prison for his crime, Sam is determined to put the past behind him. He finishes college, begins a career, falls in love, gets married, has two adorable kids, and buys a nice home. His low-profile life is chugging along quite nicely until the past comes crashing through his front door.

John Wells and Claire Rudnick Polstein will produce. Lisa Morales exec produces.