what movie did james frey write?
Sugar: The Fall of the West Kissing a Fool
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 Columbia Pictures owns the movie rights to the novel . Steven Zaillian finished writing the first draft of the screenplay in 2009 and is also slated to direct ; Scott Rudin has signed on as a producer . In May 2013 , studios confirmed a tentative release date of 2015 . 

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 The film was followed by two films and a TV series , all prequels based on novels by Thomas Harris . 

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 Beginning in 1986 , Barry Levinson intended to produce and direct a biopic based on the life of Bobby Darin with funding from his own production company , Baltimore Pictures . With writer Lewis Colick , Levinson pitched the idea to Warner Bros. Pictures , who agreed to co @-@ finance The Bobby Darin Story and cover distribution duties . Producer Arthur Friedman , a fan of Darin 's work , began to laboriously negotiate for crucial music licensing rights with Darin 's ex @-@ wife , Sandra Dee ; his son , Dodd ; and former manager Steve Blauner . Colick wrote the first draft in 1987 before Warner Bros. and Levinson commissioned rewrites from Paul Attanasio and Paul Schrader . Their scripts , which kept The Bobby Darin Story title , concentrated on Sandra Dee 's alcoholism and childhood molestation by her stepfather . David Gershenson , Darin 's longtime friend , publicist and manager , joined the project as a historical consultant . Tom Cruise was reportedly under consideration to portray Darin . 

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 In November 2011 , Walt Disney Pictures ' president of production , Sean Bailey , was informed of Marcel 's existing script . Realizing that the screenplay included a depiction of the studio 's namesake , Bailey conferred with Disney CEO Bob Iger and Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn , the latter of whom referred to the film as a " brand deposit , " a term adopted from Steve Jobs . Together , the executives discussed the studio 's potential choices ; purchase the script and shut the project down , put the film in turnaround , or co @-@ produce the film themselves . With executive approval , the studio acquired the screenplay in February 2012 and joined the production with Owen , Collie and Philip Steuer as producers , and Christine Langan , Troy Lum , Andrew Mason , and Paul Trijbits serving as executive producers . John Lee Hancock was hired to direct the film later that same month . 

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 Paramount Studios sought a change in pace after the previous film , Star Trek : First Contact . Michael Piller was asked to write the script , which was created from story ideas by Piller and executive producer Rick Berman . The story 's first drafts featured the Romulans , and the Son 'a and Ba 'ku were introduced in the third draft . After Ira Steven Behr reviewed the script , Piller revised it and added a subplot involving a romantic interest for Jean @-@ Luc Picard . The ending was further revised after test screenings . 
