Michael Mann, HarperCollins Partner For Rights To Paul Le Roux Novel
Immersive crime narratives have been, and continue to be, a staple for director and author Michael Mann; Say what you will about Blackhat – I say it was a disservice for it to bomb the way it did four years ago and personally, I’m glad it hasn’t tripped him since. The last few years have seen the celebrated Heat helmer move forward with several projects, including at least a few through his his publishing imprint, Michael Mann Books. HarperCollins is just the latest to catch on with exclusive reports last week at Deadline on their acquisition of publishing rights for a new book from author Elaine Shannon, for which Mann has himself nabbed television and film rights. As Mike Fleming Jr. reported last week, the forthcoming book stems from four years of Shannon’s own research into Paul Le Roux who went from developing encryption software in the late 1990s and […]