Ray Bradbury's 'Dandelion Wine' Looking for the Giant Screen

Happy birthday, Ray Bradbury. The dean of yankee sci-fi turns 91 Monday, and believe to celebrate rather than announce he has teamed with Mike Medavoy and Doug McKay of Phoenix Pictures. RGI Productions' Rodion Nahapetov and producer Natasha Shliapnikoff to create the feature film adaptation of Bradbury's classic 1957 novel 'Dandelion Wine.' Nahapetov will pen the script. "'Dandelion Wine' is my most deeply personal work and returns reminiscences of sheer pleasure in addition to terror," Bradbury stated inside a statement. "This is actually the story of me like a youthful boy and also the miracle of the memorable summer time which still holds a mystical energy over me." 'Dandelion Wine' is a number of short tales connected together to inform the storyline of the 12-year-old boy's magical summer time in 1928 within the imaginary capital of scotland - Eco-friendly Town, Ill. A lot of Bradbury's books and short tales happen to be converted into films and TV productions, the favourite being 'Something Wicked By Doing This Comes,' 'The Martian Chronicles' and 'Fahrenheit 451.' Medavoy comes with an alluring Hollywood history, getting run Orion and TriStar Pictures and shepherding a large number of Academy Award-winning films. Most lately he created 'Shutter Island' and 'Black Swan.' Tip o' the hat to Deadline.