EXCLUSIVE: Producer Janet Zucker has optioned the film rights to Cynthia Pelayo’s International Latino Book Award winner 'Children of Chicago' for Zucker Productions, with producer Tony Eldridge for Lonetree Entertainment
The two-time Bram Stoker Award-nominated author’s horror novel is billed as a gripping, modern-day spin on the Pied Piper fairy tale, as well as a gritty love letter to the underbelly of Chicago. In it, Detective Lauren Medina’s latest call brings her to investigate a brutally murdered teenager in Humboldt Park―a crime eerily like her sister’s murder decades before.
Shawn Mendes To Voice 'Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile' In Sony's Adaptation Of The Classic Children's Book“Cynthia has done an amazing job creating a unique multilevel story with unforgettable characters that jump off the page and take up disquieting residence in the dark recesses of the mind,” said Eldridge. “This is a story that continues to haunt long after the last page is read.
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