Titan acquires Giamatti film title

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 16/02/2011 - 14:03 Titan has bought UK and Commonwealth rights to a horror book that is currently being adapted into a movie starring "Sideways" star Paul Giamatti. Editor Cath Trechman paid a five-figure sum for rights to John Dies at the End by David Wong and another title by him from Tor Books in the United States. First published as a web serial, the book is about two friends who try to save humanity from a drug called Soy Sauce and an alien invasion. The book will be published in the UK in June 2011. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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