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From: Mark Plus <>
Subject: Bob Nelson movie in the works?
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:35:36 -0700

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002463.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

Posted: Wed., Apr. 15, 2009, 8:00pm PT

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Errol Morris tries icy tale
Documentarian to direct Cryonics Project
By TATIANA SIEGEL



Documentarian Errol Morris is taking on a narrative feature for his next 
project.


The "Fog of War" helmer will direct the Untitled Cryonics Project, which Zach 
Helm is writing.


Mandate Pictures and Steve Zaillian's Film Rites are producing the dark comedy, 
which was inspired by both Robert F. Nelson's memoir "We Froze the First Man" 
and a story that aired on NPR's "This American Life" this week titled "You're as
Cold as Ice."


True story centers on Nelson, a TV repairman who in the 1960s joined a group of 
enthusiasts who believed they could cheat death with a new technology: cryonics.
But freezing dead people so scientists could reanimate them in the future 
turned out to be harder than Nelson thought.


"This American Life's" Ira Glass and Alissa Shipp are producing alongside 
Zaillian.


Gang of Two's Jim Garavente and Helm exec produce alongside Mandate prexy Nathan
Kahane. Film Rites' Garrett Basch brought in the project and will co-produce 
with Mandate's Tendo Nagenda.


Film Rites, which is a co-venture with Mandate, has a first-look deal with Sony 
Pictures Entertainment. Mandate Intl. will handle foreign sales on the film.


Morris, whose documentary credits include "A Brief History of Time" and "Fast, 
Cheap and Out of Control," most recently produced and directed "Standard 
Operating Procedure."


Helm, whose Gang of Two shingle has a first-look deal with Mandate, is the 
author of "Stranger Than Fiction" and "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium," both of 
which he adapted for the bigscreen. The latter also marked Helm's directorial 
debut.


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