Meg Ryan circles ‘Long Time Gone’

Via Variety:

“Precious” producer Sarah Siegel-Magness is set to make her directorial debut on “Long Time Gone” with Meg Ryan in negotiations to star.

Karen McCullah penned the adaptation which is based on the novel “Angel, Angel” by April Stevens.

Story follows a broken family which is healed when the girlfriend of the youngest son moves in and changes their lives forever.

Kerry Barden and Paul Schnee will cast the pic.

Bobbi Sue Luther, Gary Magness and McCullah will produce through the Magness’ Smokewood Entertainment Shingle. Andrew Sugerman and Seth Jaret are exec producing.

Production is set to start this fall.

Besides “Precious,” Siegel-Magness is also producing “Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer,” which bows in June.

Ryan is also set to make her directorial debut on “Little Black Train.”

Ryan is repped by UTA and Siegel-Magness is repped by CAA and attorney Andrew W. Rosen.

McCullah is repped by Paradigm.

Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com

By: Justin Kroll

Source: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118037604?refCatId=13

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Karen McCullah

With strong comedic chops, Karen McCullah’s unique voice fills her work with humor and authenticity. Reaching all audiences, her writing talent ranges from the teenage charm of 10 Things I Hate About You to the edgy R-rated hilarity of The Ugly Truth. She and her writing partner Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith have crafted iconic and humorous characters such as the charming and fashion-obsessed, Elle, in Legally Blonde and the ostensibly naive, but adorably sweet, Shelly, in The House Bunny. Karen and Kiwi are responsible for many other popular comedies over the last decade like She’s the Man . Karen is also the author of the novel, The Bachelorette Party, which she adapted as a screenplay. She is currently at work producing her most recent script, Long Time Gone, currently in production.