Channing Tatum is set to lead an adaptation of Richie Farrell’s “What’s Left Of Us,” a chronicle of seven excruciating days in detox for a heroin addict which Farrell is adapting for the screen himself.
The project is being set up at new producing and financing firm Berkeley Square Films and the Amazon synopsis of the novel describes it as a “harrowing, astounding memoir [which] chronicles a life of desperation, violence, lies and the pure oblivion of heroin” and “a gritty, hauntingly written tale of a descent into hell and a slow, uncertain climb out of it.”
Sounds like a crowd-pleaser, but it’s nice to see Tatum continue to try and stretch himself. It will be interesting to see his ‘first’ stretch in, Kevin McDonald’s “The Eagle of the Ninth,” though the film has allegedly been bounced to 2011 now that that another Focus Features film, “It’s A Kind Of Funny Story,” has taken its original September 24th release date (some kind of adjusting will need to happen, Focus will not release two pictures on the same day). There’s also Steven Soderbergh’s “Knockout” that features Tatum in a small role which was reportedly scheduled for August last we heard, but Lionsgate has remained quiet on its opening bow so far.
Another notable production being set up at Berkeley is an original screenplay co-scribed by Paul Tamasy and author Dennis Lehane, who is best known for writing a string of novels that have been turned into big Hollywood films such as Martin Scorsese’s “Shutter Island,” Clint Eastwood’s “Mystic River” and Ben Affleck’s “Gone Baby, Gone.” His project, titled “Depravity,” will center on three roommates who accidentally kill an innocent man. Problems subsequently ensue as you might imagine.
Both projects have already raised enough finances and are now just being packaged.
