Scribe 'Aloft' on Rudin pic
Conrad recently wrote 'Weather Man,' 'Chris Gardner'
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Studio bought the rights to the book last December with producer Scott Rudin.
Book is the sprawling tale of an aging baby boomer who must hold together his fractured family. Book, being published by Riverhead Books this spring, was excerpted in the New Yorker.
Jeff Clifford, VP of production is overseeing the project for the studio with Rudin Prods.' L.A. prexy Scott Aversano.
Conrad most recently wrote "The Weather Man" for helmer Gore Verbinski, which is currently shooting.
He also penned "The Untitled Chris Gardner Project," which is still in development and was acquired by Escape Artists.
