Amazon MGM Teams With Stallones on 'Broken Rules' Film — SkimNews
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- Amazon MGM Studios is adapting K.L. Walther's 2021 YA novel 'The Summer of Broken Rules' with Sophia Stallone's Common Era Projects and Sylvester Stallone's Balboa Productions.
- Lauren Hynek and Elizabeth Martin will write the screenplay, drawing on credits including Disney's 2020 'Mulan' and Netflix's animated 'Spellbound.'
- Sophia Stallone will produce for Common Era alongside Sylvester Stallone and D. Matt Geller for Balboa, making it an early title from her newly launched company.
- Walther's novel was a #1 New York Times and USA Today bestseller published by Sourcebooks Fire in May 2021 and has sold into 19 territories.
- Balboa Productions re-upped its first-look film and TV deal with Amazon MGM at the top of the year, while Sophia Stallone separately announced development on the MGM Television series 'Bourbon & Lies.'
- Author K.L. Walther called connecting with Sophia Stallone 'kismet,' saying she 'truly understands the heart of Meredith's story.'
Why it matters: The deal cements Balboa Productions' first-look relationship with Amazon MGM — re-upped earlier this year — and gives Common Era Projects, Sophia Stallone's brand-new shingle, a #1 NYT YA bestseller adaptation to lead its slate alongside the 'Bourbon & Lies' TV series already in development at MGM Television.
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