Fox, Gordon Green Eye 'America's Most Wanted Teen'
David Gordon Green ("Pineapple Express") is eyeing the story of 18 year-old fugitive Colton Harris-Moore as a potential directing vehicle, reports Variety .
Fox has acquired feature rights to Bob Friel's book proposal for "Taking Flight: The Hunt for a Young Outlaw," which is based on the author's Outside magazine article "The Ballad of Colton Harris-Moore." Gordon Green's new Mandate-based production company Rough House Pictures will produce the project, which is currently seeking writers. There are many different ways to bring this story to the bigscreen so there should be no shortage of A-List writers lining up to take a crack at this fascinating story, which I haven't been able to stop thinking about since I first came across it in January.
Since escaping from a juvenile detention center in 2008, The Barefoot Burglar, as he's come to be known, has been a suspect in more than 100 crimes, including dozens of felonies. He's stolen planes, boats and automobiles and even taught himself how to drive and fly in order to evade local authorities. Now he's wanted by the FBI and Homeland Security. The modern-day Robin Hood (the woods of Washington St. would be his Sherwood Forest) has amassed an impressive Facebook following (25,000+ fans) as a result of his criminal exploits. Time magazine even dubbed him "America's Most Wanted Teen," much to Justin Bieber's dismay.
