Denise Di Novi & Margaret French Isaac Team With Amanda Kloots For Feature Take Of Her Novel ‘Live Your Life’
08.03.2022 - 22:11
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EXCLUSIVE: Producers Denise Di Novi and Margaret French Isaac of Di Novi Pictures have partnered with author Amanda Kloots to turn her book, Live Your Live, based on her true life story into a feature film.
Amanda Kloots and her sister Anna Kloots penned the novel and are adapting the screenplay themselves. No financier has been set yet.
In Live Your Life, Amanda Kloots bravely reflects on love, loss, and life with her husband, Broadway star and Tony-nominee Nick Cordero, whose public battle with Covid and tragic death made headlines around the world. In the early spring of 2020, Cordero was hospitalized for what he and his wife, Amanda Kloots, believed was a severe case of pneumonia. Entering Cedars-Sinai, there was no indication that Nick—a young guy in the prime of life with no pre-existing conditions—would never return home. Diagnosed with Covid, Cordero—who only a few days earlier was the picture of health—soon deteriorated. Suffering a series of complications – minor heart attacks, an amputation, sepsis—he was kept alive for weeks, hooked to a ventilator, bypass machines, dialysis, and a specialized heart-lung bypass machine.
Amanda Kloots, Cordero, and their infant son Elvis shared their journey on social media. Her updates quickly made an impact, inspiring millions of followers around the globe who offered positive thoughts and virtual prayers, and danced each day to Nick’s hit song Live Your Life. When Nick passed away after 94 grueling days in the ICU, the world grieved for Amanda and her family’s devastating loss.
“Live Your Life is a powerful love story set against a devastating period in our lives. It’s about love, faith, community, and resiliency and we feel honored that Amanda and Anna wanted to collaborate