BYLINE: Thom Geier and Chris Genussa
Columbia Pictures is in negotiations
to acquire the feature
film rights to Robert Crais'
soon-to-be published novel
"Demolition Angel" for producer
Laurence Mark in a deal
that could pay out $500,000 against
$1 million, sources
said Tuesday.
"Demolition Angel," slated to be
published by Doubleday in
May, is the story of a female bomb
squad veteran whose
partner/boyfriend was killed in
a bombing. When the shell-shocked
woman begins to investigate the
incident, she uncovers a
broad conspiracy.
Crais, repped by the Broder-Kurland-Webb-Uffner
Agency
and New York-based literary agent
Aaron Priest, wrote the novel
"L.A. Requiem," a story of revenge
and murder in Los Angeles.
Crais, with producer Dick
Wolf, also developed the
upcoming "The Invisible Man" for
the Sci-Fi Channel.
New York lit scouts Manuel Wally
and Jon Furay of Other Prods.
were instrumental in getting the
material to Mark.