Warner Bros. buys Tropper novel
Bidding for 'Angelology' heats up
By MICHAEL FLEMING
In a sign that the book acquisition biz is emerging from its slumber, Warner Bros. won an auction to acquire screen rights to "This Is Where I Leave You," a new novel by Jonathan Tropper. Meanwhile, another major bidding battle could go into the weekend, as three studios compete to nab "Angelology," a first novel by Danielle Trussoni that sold for high six-figures this week to Viking.
The Tropper project will be developed as a directing vehicle for Greg Berlanti, who, after exec producing and writing such series as "Eli Stone," "Dirty Sexy Money" and "Dawson's Creek," will direct "Green Lantern" for WB. Paula Weinstein and Jeff Levine will produce.
