Girls Like Us Movie Updates

Sat., Jan. 22, 2011

from The Hollywood Reporter

John Sayles to Adapt 'Girls Like Us' for Sony

John Sayles, the Oscar-nominated writer of Passion Fish and Lone Star, has been hired by Sony to adapt Girls Like Us, the 2008 bestseller written by Sheila Weller.

• changed the production status to Development
• added Elizabeth Cantillon to the credits
• added Amy Pascal to the credits
• added Lorenzo di Bonaventura to the credits
• added Katie Jacobs to the credits
• added John Sayles to the credits

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Tue., Aug. 3, 2010

from theplaylist.blogspot.com

Sony Seeking Writer for 'Girls Like Us'

It appears that Sony has slated "Girls Like Us" as a "priority project" at the studio and are currently seeking a female writer to tackle the story.

• added Columbia Pictures as a production company
• added Sony Pictures as a distributor
• added a synopsis

• Chronicles the lives of Carole King, the product of outer-borough, middle-class New York City; Joni Mitchell, the granddaughter of Canadian farmers; and Carly Simon, a child of the Manhattan intellectual upper crust, and sets their stories against th... show all e backdrop of American girls coming of age in the late 1960s.

• changed the production status to Announced

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Tue., Aug. 3, 2010

• created the movie profile