So how does a non-fiction bestseller like Malcolm Gladwell’s “Blink,” become a fictional film? Well, if you have a guy like Leonardo DiCaprio optioning the work, anything’s possible.
Already, Stephen Gaghan (Syrianna) is in the throes of writing and directing the feature.
According to Risky Biz, Al Pacino is in talks to star as one of the leads, with a number of younger actors circling the other lead parts.
Gaghan’s script will center on the relationship between an older man (Pacino) and the twentysomething son he was never close to. The two reconnect early on in the picture, and the boy, an idealistic drifter who’s teaching in a downtown New York school, and the father, a finance type living in Connecticut, must navigate their new relationship.
In “Blink” the can size up people and situations on a dime. The Pacino character spots this, and both wants to help the boy find himself and use him to make some dough on Wall Street.
The script is apparently ready to go, and, but for the casting of the younger actor and a few other elements, the movie soon will be to, with production ready to start as early as the fall.
Source: Risky Biz Blog
