Universal Pictures is making a film adaptation of Chris Jones' book "Too Far from Home" with Elizabeth Banks producing.
- April 25, 2007
AceShowbiz -
Bringing up an inspiring tale of survival, Universal Pictures is on the way to develop a big screen feature titled "Too Far from Home" which is an adaptation of the book of the same title that Chris Jones wrote based on his Esquire article.
Published by Random House in March, the book tells about three astronauts who were stranded on the International Space Station for one hundred days in 2003. As for the film project, names to direct, write, and star have not yet been revealed, but it is learned that Working Title partners Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will both produce alongside Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman.
The second longest-lived studio in Hollywood after Paramount Pictures, Universal is one of the major American film studios of California-based which is also a subsidiary of NBC Universal. Titles to come under its banner throughout this year include "Georgia Rule", "Evan Almighty", "The Bourne Ultimatum", and "American Gangster", among others.
