DreamWorks Studios Acquires Film Rights to Kathryn Stockett Novel

Posted on March 29, 2010

Dreamworks Studios has acquired the film rights to The Help, a bestselling novel written by Kathryn Stockett. Stockett's friend Tate Taylor has already adapted the novel into a screenplay according to The Hollywood Reporter.

THR notes that the novel has been a book club favorite in addition to a bestseller. Tate Taylor will also direct the film. It will be produced by Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus and Mark Radcliffe at 1492 Pictures and Brunson Green at Harbinger Pictures.

Author Kathryn Stockett said, "I cannot think of a better team than Tate Taylor and Brunson Green to bring The Help to the screen. It's no coincidence that we three grew up within a one-mile radius of each other in Jackson, Miss. -- a place where there wasn't much for us to do but write, make movies in our heads and dream. I know Tate and Brunson will stay true to the story, and when you add DreamWorks and 1492 to the project, I am sincerely awed."