Variety
Pollak takes swing at script
Palm flies with Red Bird to adapt 'August'
By CHRIS GARDNER
 
Palm-Star Entertainment has teamed with Red Bird Cinema to adapt Buzz Bissinger book "3 Nights in August" for the bigscreen.
 
Actor-scribe Kevin Pollak will pen the adaptation. Story centers on a three-game baseball series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs in 2003. For the book, Bissinger gained access to Cardinals manager Tony La Russa.
 
Palm-Star CEO and co-founder Kevin Frakes will produce along with Red Bird's John Loar and Pollak. Bissinger and La Russa will draw exec producer credit, along with Sriram Das and Palm-Star chairman and co-founder Stephan Paternot. Red Bird Cinema is a partnership of Loar, Pollak and La Russa.
 
Palm-Star recently premiered the feature "Fifty Pills" at the Tribeca Film Festival. Upcoming projects include "Premium."
'3 Nights in August' will be adapted for the bigscreen by Kevin Pollak.

Date in print: Thurs., Jun. 15, 2006