Former Emporian Jeremy Slater and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura have sold a speculative script to CBS Films, according to The Hollywood Reporter, a print and digital news daily publication.
Slater moved to California about three years ago to pursue a writing career, after working in Emporia as a communications specialist for The Farm, now TFI Family Services.
He sold a horror script, “Pet,” last year. Its plot revolves around a woman kidnapped by an obsessed fan.
Slater moved on to action-comedy for the current script, “My Spy.”
“The plot centers on a teenage boy who falls for an attractive girl, only to later learn that the girl is actually a spy,” the THR story said.
The publication reported the sale value in the “low-six against mid-six figures.”
Slater, who is not yet able to discuss the deal, is represented by UTA and Kaplan/Perrone.
Slater was home-schooled for much of his education and graduated from Olpe High School. He received his bachelor’s degree from Notre Dame University.
He is the son of Tom and Dori Slater.
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Posted by create (anonymous) on June 25, 2008 at 8:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I'm so proud of you, Jeremy. Congratulations! I'll never forget the first essay you wrote for me as a tenth grader. Remember?
I knew you'd go places as a writer. Great work!!!
Posted by OutsiderJ (anonymous) on June 26, 2008 at 11:07 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Sounds like a "True Lies" rip off. Is this really news. Could anyone care less what "Ex-Emporians" are doing these days. There hasn't been an original file idea in this country for 2 decades. If they want to fill space on the front page, they should do it with something that matters.
Posted by former_emporian (anonymous) on June 26, 2008 at 12:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)
its hard to fill a front page with something that matters when the "town" printing the paper is the armpit of america. "look at the success of people who were smart enough to get out of emporia" should be the headline.
Posted by create (anonymous) on June 26, 2008 at 2:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Wow, Jealousy raises his ugly stinking head! Jeremy's parents still live here so this is still his home town. For goodness sakes, what about other "Ex-Emporians" like that guy who drives race cars? Like the golfer?
Posted by OutsiderJ (anonymous) on June 26, 2008 at 2:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I could care less what either of them are doing too. And when the gazette covers them you can almost smell the falsity of their hometown pride. To put that on the front page is ridiculous. Its like the gazette has forgotten there is a presidential election this year, a war being fought, crippling price increases across the board, and enough animosity toward local government to fill a newspaper twice its size. My beef is with the paper not the writer, the fact that movies today have no significance socially or otherwise is just a side issue, and is hardly Jeremy's fault. It used to be that cinema made you think, raised moral and social awareness and actors and actresses were artists who cared deeply about their portrayls and their craft. They made you think a little, or figure it out if you will. Now all we have is movies. Just moving pictures that spoon feed "plot" to people and distract them from the poor quality with cuss words, nudity, and fart jokes.
Posted by wanderer (anonymous) on June 26, 2008 at 3:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Jeremy, congratulations. You've worked hard to get this far. Keep up the good work!
Posted by Deepthoughts (anonymous) on June 26, 2008 at 5 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Just FYI, it's could not care less, otherwise your statement is saying the opposite of what you really mean. Not trying to be an English teacher here, but thought you might want to know for future reference.
Posted by OutsiderJ (anonymous) on June 27, 2008 at 8:10 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Thank you, and I could NOT care less about your passive agressive corrections of people's comments. Just FYI.
Posted by Penny (anonymous) on June 27, 2008 at 9:40 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Thanks, Gazette, for putting something positive on the front page about a local kid who's gone on to success! We have a saturation of doom and gloom in other media coverage and it is refreshing to have a change.
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