The rights for a film adaptation of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius were purchased by New Line Cinema soon after the Pulitzer Prize-nominated memoir was published 2000. A script was reportedly written by Nick Hornby, and the film was picked up, then dropped, by New Line. Universal Pictures was next in line, with talk of Kimberly Peirce directing. But in late 2007, the author Dave Eggers confirmed in published interviews that the film would not go into production.
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"...no tragedy for me. The option ran out. So that will probably be the end of that." -Author Dave Eggers
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius News and Articles
- Google News: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
- EW.com: Dave Eggers on What Is the What (October 25, 2007)
- "(it's) no tragedy for me. The option ran out. So that will probably be the end of that."
- Premiere.com: 20 Movies Not Coming Soon to a Theater Near You
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Fast Facts
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Original memoirs, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, published in 2000
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Released to critical acclaim, nominated for a Pulitzer Prize
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Reportedly, Miramax, Universal Pictures, and New Line Cinema all bid for the film rights
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Script written by Nick Hornby for New Line Cinema
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Kimberly Peirce rumored to direct for Universal Pictures
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Author Dave Eggers confirmed that film would not finish production
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Eggers not disappointed
