Yaron Zilberman, who marked his feature directorial debut with 2012′s A Late Quartet, is taking on literary hot-shot Orson Scott Card. Zilberman will write and direct a feature based on Card’s sci-fi short story Unaccompanied Sonata, EW has confirmed. The film will be called Sonata.
The property has been optioned by Nick Wechsler, Chockstone Pictures’ Steve and Paula Mae Schwartz, and Opening Night Productions. Tamar Sela will serve as executive producer with Roger Schwartz as co-producer.
The short story, which was originally published in 1979 in Omni magazine, tells the story of a child brought up to be a musical prodigy.
The property has been optioned by Nick Wechsler, Chockstone Pictures’ Steve and Paula Mae Schwartz, and Opening Night Productions. Tamar Sela will serve as executive producer with Roger Schwartz as co-producer.
The short story, which was originally published in 1979 in Omni magazine, tells the story of a child brought up to be a musical prodigy.
- 7/16/2014
- by C. Molly Smith
- EW - Inside Movies
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