Couch Potato Club:
Oceanview Publishing announces that it has joined forces with Amber Entertainment for the development of feature films and other entertainment media formats from its catalog of titles. One of the country’s leading independent publishers of original mystery/suspense/thriller titles, Oceanview Publishing, by year’s end, will have published 40 titles.
The first title to be developed will be Ward Larsen’s The Perfect Assassin, which will be produced by Amber Entertainment’s Ileen Maisel and Lawrence Elman, with Oceanview founders Robert and Patricia Gussin and Susan Greger serving as executive producers. In the tradition of Tom Clancy and Daniel Silva, The Perfect Assassin is a tale of espionage and intrigue about a female American doctor sailing across the Atlantic whose boat is hijacked by an Israeli assassin.
Coming Soon:
Penguin Books U.K. and Amber Entertainment are teaming up for an adaptation of Marcus Blake's action-adventure Atlantis: Revelation, reports Variety. Julian Fellowes, creator and executive producer of "Downton Abbey" and Gosford Park screenwriter, will executive produce the movie and is overseeing development of the script.
Penguin Books U.K. will be publishing the first novel in October. The book is part of a planned trilogy which explores the notion that the myth of the lost city of Atlantis was real.
Hmmm...excited isn't exactly what I'm feeling right now. I've looked at a lot of their titles, and I must say, none of them sound that particularly exciting to come to the big screen. They aren't a massive publishing company and I'm sure they have a few good reads in there, but on the whole, nothing about this team-up has got me thrilled.