BLINK: the movie?

Publishers Marketplace reports

Film rights to Malcolm Gladwell’s BLINK, optioned to Universal, in a major deal, for seven figures, for Appian Way to co-produce along with Stephen Gaghan (Traffic), who is also writing and directing, by CAA and Tina Bennett at Janklow & Nesbit.

Blink: this is a bad idea.

The book is non-fiction, and there is no unifying “Erin Brockovich” storyline.

Blink: the rich get richer.

Does Malcolm Gladwell really need a 7-figure movie advance?

Blink: the last thing the world of book-lovers needs is another movie celebrating the virtues of the short attention span.

Still, I could be wrong …

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