‘Crazy Heart’ Helmer Scott Cooper to Direct Con Man Tale ‘The Man in the Rockefeller Suit’

Posted on Friday, October 21st, 2011 by Angie Han

Over the past couple of years, Scott Cooper‘s name has popped up in association with a number of projects, including The Hatfields and the McCoys, Lie Down in Darkness, Gangster Squad, Unbroken, and most recently, The Emperor’s Children. But in fact, he hasn’t helmed another movie since his acclaimed 2009 directorial debut Crazy Heart. Now the latest picture to come his way is The Man in the Rockefeller Suit, an adaptation of Mark Seal‘s nonfiction book about a con man who spent decades passing himself off as part of the Rockefeller family. More details after the jump.

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Hunter S. Thompson Article ‘Prisoner of Denver’ to Hit the Screen

Posted on Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 by Russ Fischer

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In 2004, Vanity Fair published an article co-authored by Hunter S. Thompson and Mark Seal called Prisoner of Denver. The subject, in a broad sense, was Colorado’s legal system and the potential for injustice within it. Specifically, the article looked at the case of Lisl Auman, who was charged with murder and sentenced to life, despite the fact that the crime for which she was convicted took place while she was already in police custody.

Now the article is being adapted for the screen by the Motion Picture Corporation of America. Read More »

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