George Clooney has bought the movie rights for John Grisham’s The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town. The book is the story of former baseball player Ron Williamson who was charged with a crime he did not commit and sent to death row. Grisham was supposed to have been paid a seven-figure sum for the deal.
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Steven Spielberg is producing a limited series adaptation of The Talisman, a novel written by Stephen King and Peter Straub. The Talisman is the story of 12-year old Jack Sawyer who is on a quest that takes him through our world and a parallel world known as the Territories. He must acquire a talisman to save his mother’s life as well as the life of her “twinner,” the Queen of the Territories.
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Get a free copy of the current bestseller document (on its fourth week on the New York Times bestseller list) The Iraq Study Group Report from the USIP website. The report is “a forward-looking, independent assessment of the current and prospective situation on the ground in Iraq and how it affects the surrounding region as well as U.S. interests.”  An important and timely examination of America’s involvement in the Iraq War with key recommendations for moving forward.