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PAGE. The cover story of the current _New York Times Magazine_ tells the story of a lobster fisherman who fell overboard in the middle of the night 40 miles offshore and the frenzied efforts


to rescue him. Rachael Horovitz, Jason Blum and Harvey Weinstein will produce_ A Speck In The Sea_ for The Weinstein Company. Here’s the release: > NEW YORK, NY (JANUARY 10, 2014) – The 


Weinstein Company (TWC) > announced today that they have acquired the film rights to writer > Paul Tough’s (HOW CHILDREN SUCCEED) _New York Times > Magazine_ article “A Speck in the


 Sea.” The piece, which ran as > the magazine’s cover story last Sunday, will be produced for the > screen by Rachael Horovitz (Academy Award® nominated for MONEYBALL > and Emmy and


 Golden Globe Winner for GREY GARDENS) along > with Jason Blum and Harvey Weinstein. Bob Weinstein will executive > produce the project, with TWC creative executive Julie Oh overseeing


> development. >  > Tough’s _New York Times Magazine_ article explores the harrowing > true story of the rescue of lobster fisherman John Aldridge who fell > into the ocean 


in the middle of the night on July 24th, forty miles > off Montauk with no life vest and no way to signal where he was. > Anthony Sosinski, his childhood best friend and partner on the


 boat, > woke up to realize John was gone. What followed was an unprecedented > multi-state rescue operation involving both the Coast Guard and the > fishing community from across 


the Northeast. Producer Horovitz was > in East Hampton when the story unfolded and with Blum chased the > powerful _New York Times Magazine _piece. >  > Commented TWC Co-Chairman


 Harvey Weinstein: “Paul’s piece in > the _Times_ magazine last weekend was one of those that instantly > struck us as film that had to be made. Rachael and Jason are some of > the 


best in the business, and seeing this amazing story come to life > is going to be a wild ride.” >  > Noted Horovitz: “The East End is filled with people of integrity > like John 


and Anthony – who risk their lives for one another on a > daily basis. I am so honored to be a part of this film and to be > working with Harvey, Bob and Jason to bring to the screen 


this > thrilling story of the  triumphant spirit of human connection and > the meaning of community when it joins together.” >  > The deal for “A Speck in the Sea” was negotiated


 for TWC by COO > David Glasser with Kassie Evashevski at UTA and David McCormick at > McCormick & Williams on behalf of Tough, Aldridge and Sosinski. 3 Comments JavaScript is


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