Tayari's Blog: Onward, indeed!
Posted by TayariJones on March 23, 2010 07:12 AM
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About three years ago, Aletha Spann, an ambitious young filmmaker 
optioned the movie rights to my first novel, Leaving Atlanta. This was pretty exciting but I understood (and still understand) that an option is but one small baby step to actually have a movie on the screen. But still, it's a pretty thrilling to think about.
Still, it's a thrillling thing to think about that I hadn't thought about in quite some time. So just imagine my shock yesterday morning when I got a message from twitter that @LeavingATLmovie was following my feed. And when I clicked, this is what I saw:
@LeavingATLmovie: we're auditioning Los Angeles African-American boys and girls ages 9-13...see our posting at LA Casting
This, of course, led to me checking out the website for the movie, which is pretty fabulous. It's still early in the game. She can't film the trailer til she gets the actors in place, but I am very very pleased with what I have seen so far.
This morning, I woke up and checked the twitter feed again.
@LeavingATLmovie: Today's been crazy. With the announcement of castings we, have been going through a deluge of submissions. Onward!
Onward, indeed!
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Comment #1, by Bethany ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.tayarijones.com/blog/nav-commenters.gif)
Hah-zah! Super excited for you and I visited the website, too. Wow.
March 23, 2010 02:40 PM
Comment #2, by Lafreya
Hurray!! I'm so happy for you. Now I will quit whinning about The Help being made into a movie.
March 23, 2010 02:45 PM