'Lunar' lands at Palm-Star
Ellis novel optioned for feature film
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Included in the New York Times' 100 Most Notable Books of the Year, "Lunar Park" is Ellis' most autobiographical work, in which the author-narrator is a narcissistic, self-pitying drug fiend who gets a shot at redemption when movie star Jayne Dennis, an old flame, offers to marry him. The deal is that he must now connect with Robby, the son he has shunned for 11 years.
"Lunar Park" will be the fifth of Ellis' novels to be adapted to the bigscreen. "Less Than Zero," "American Psycho" and "The Rules of Attraction" have all been released, and "Glamorama" is in development.
"We believed in 'Lunar Park' so strongly that we put in a preemptive bid the very next day after it came to us," said Kevin Frakes, co-founder and co-CEO of Palm-Star Entertainment. "We were in a bit of a battle, but it was personal for our company and we went the extra mile to close the deal."
" 'Lunar Park is the most personal book I've written, even if on the surface it reads like a thriller," Easton Ellis said. "It took a long time to complete, and Palm-Star has known about the book from the beginning. They witnessed the usual complaints, anxieties and excitement that occur when you're completing a novel. Now it's their turn to move through that process."
Based in New York and Los Angeles, Palm-Star was co-founded in 2004 by James Dowaliby, Kevin Frakes and Stephan Paternot. The company recently completed production on its first two feature films, "50 Pills" and "Premium."
