Elizabeth Acevedo Bestseller ‘With The Fire On High’ Lands At Picturestart With Movie In Works

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Picturestart has acquired rights to Elizabeth Acevedo’s New York Times bestselling novel With the Fire On High and will develop and produce a film that Acevedo is set to adapt

The book, published in May by HarperCollins, tells the story of Emoni Santiago, a 17-year-old girl who must navigate the challenges of modern life in Philadelphia after becoming a single mother during her freshman year of high school. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen, where she adds a little something magical to everything she cooks, turning her food into straight-up goodness and pure joy for everyone in her life including her baby girl and her.

Ex-Lionsgate film boss Erik Feig launched Picturestart in May with backing from Warner Bros, Endeavor Content and Bron. It has been scooping up buzzy novels including recently

 

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