There's a new development in the Bill Jakob story, which we posted about a few weeks ago. From YahooNews:
Paramount is getting behind the power of the press. The studio has picked up the life rights of Missouri journalist Linda Trest, who helped break open the cover of a drug-busting con man.
Brad Pitt's studio-based production company, Plan B, is developing the project with "Troy" writer David Benioff. Screenwriters Anthony Walton and Andrew Dresher (Universal's "How to Love a Republican") have been brought on board to script a film inspired by her story.
To read SLM Editor-at-Large Malcolm Gay's feature about Jakob, "I Was Kicking Ass and Taking Names," pick up the December 2008 issue. It'll be on newsstands next week.
