Thursday, January 13, 2005
'Conversations with God' Movie Planned
Plans are under way in Hollywood for a movie adaptation of Neale Donald Walsch's bestseller "Conversations with God," The Hollywood Reporter said Wednesday.
The Spiritual Cinema Circle, a DVD club that specializes in "uplifting and inspiring films," has announced plans to produce the film -- its first venture in feature film production.
Plans call for SCC co-founder Stephen Simon to direct the movie, which will premiere exclusively for subscribers in 2006.
Walsch's series of "Conversations with God" books have sold an estimated 7 million copies worldwide. The first book spent almost three years on the New York Times best-seller list.
Walsch said he has turned down several offers to adapt the book and his life story for the screen, before agreeing to the SCC proposal.
"Just five years before I wrote about my experience, I was homeless, with a broken neck, living in a park," he said. "It was important to me that this story not become Hollywood-ized."
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