Novelist and filmmaker Peter Hedges will adapt his latest novel, The Heights, for the big screen—and serve as producer and director. This is the first time Hedges has adapted his own work for film since What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? was released in 1993, though he has written original screenplays and was nominated for an Academy Award for his adaptation of Nick Hornby’s About a Boy.
As prescient BookPage contributor Stephenie Harrison says in her review, “Given past precedence, it wouldn’t be surprising if The Heights one day graces a theater near you, but this is definitely one book you’ll want to read before seeing the movie.”
No casting decisions have yet been made, of course—any readers care to weigh in?
