Teton Ridge, Jonathan Glickman & Peter Chiarelli Team For Feature Take Of Louis L’Amour Western ‘Fallon’
20.06.2024 - 18:20
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EXCLUSIVE: Teton Ridge Entertainment has picked up the rights to adapt bestselling author Louis L’Amour’s novel Fallon and will develop a screenplay based on a pitch by writer Peter Chiarelli (Crazy Rich Asians).
The old west-set Fallon follows Macon Fallon, who is on the run and in need of fast cash. Fallon sets out to con an idealistic group of pioneers, but when a young woman catches on, things take an unexpected turn.
Jonathan Glickman is attached to produce and has been developing the film prior to his recent appointment as CEO of Miramax. Teton Ridge Entertainment’s EVP of Production Jen Gorton and Creative Executive Madeleine Moore will oversee the project. Beau L’Amour will serve as EP.
Run by President Jillian Share, newly formed Teton Ridge Entertainment produces scripted and unscripted films, television series, podcasts and new media content that explores Americana stories and highlights the themes, ethos and setting of the American West. Among other projects, the company recently announced a docuseries it is working on with Oscar-winner James Reed (My Octopus Teacher) about Colossal Biosciences, a company working to bring extinct species, such as the woolly mammoth, back to life.
“We were enthralled by Pete Chiarelli’s brilliant, imaginative take on Louis L’Amour’s classic story,” said Share of Fallon. “We see this film as a perfect opportunity to bring the timeless appeal of westerns to a commercial audience.”
Chiarelli is a writer/producer of Warner Brothers’ two-time Golden Globe nominated, box office hit, Crazy Rich Asians. He is currently working on a romantic comedy for Sony and Liza Chasin, a feature with Sidney Kimmel Entertainment about a conman and the US Navy and an adaptation of The Rewind for