Marathon Bombing movies were inevitable, but now the first one is in development: Boston Strong, the forthcoming book from Casey Sherman and Boston Herald reporter Dave Wedge, has been optioned to two screenwriters behind The Fighter.
Frank Beddor —

screenwriter, revealing the pitch he used to convince Ridley Scott, director of Blade Runner and Alien, to direct the board-game movie Monopoly, to the Los Angeles Times. Read the rest and weep, Silver Lake.