John Lee Hancock will direct the biopic "Electric Boy Genius" for Disney. According to Variety, Doug Wright ("Quills") is writing the script, based on a 2002 GQ article that profiled Ryan Patterson, an electricity genius who won the International Science and Engineering Fair in 2001. Andrew Corsello wrote the GQ article. Gordon Gray and Mark Ciardi, who produced Disney's "Secretariat," will produce the film. Hancock previously directed "The Rookie" and "The Alamo." He also wrote the screenplays for two Clint Eastwood films, "A Perfect World" and "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil."His surprise football drama hit "The Blind Side," released last year by Warner. Bros., has put him at the top of most studios' coveted directors lists.
- 11/10/2010
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
"The Blind Side" and "The Rookie" director John Lee Hancock is set to helm the biopic "Electric Boy Genius" for Disney Pictures says Variety.
Doug Wright ("Quills") is penning the script based on a 2002 GQ article by Andrew Corsello. The story follows Ryan Patterson, a wunderkind of electricity who won the Intl. Science and Engineering Fair in 2001.
Gordon Gray and Mark Ciardi ("Secretariat") will produce.
Doug Wright ("Quills") is penning the script based on a 2002 GQ article by Andrew Corsello. The story follows Ryan Patterson, a wunderkind of electricity who won the Intl. Science and Engineering Fair in 2001.
Gordon Gray and Mark Ciardi ("Secretariat") will produce.
- 11/10/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Filed under: Movie News, Cinematical
How do you follow up 'The Blind Side,' a heartwarming story based on true events that became a monstrous box office hit and earned Sandra Bullock an Academy Award? If you're director John Lee Hancock, you make another movie revolving around a young man with talents that the world in general is slow to appreciate. According to Deadline, Hancock is attached to direct 'Electric Boy Genius,' based on the true story of Ryan Patterson (pictured), who stuffed knives into electrical sockets as a child and lived to tell about it.
While still in elementary school, Patterson started asking questions about electricity that stumped his parents and teachers. A retired particles physicist was recruited to mentor the young man and he excelled in the subject, designing robots in high school and winning prizes and scholarships for his design of a wireless sign language...
How do you follow up 'The Blind Side,' a heartwarming story based on true events that became a monstrous box office hit and earned Sandra Bullock an Academy Award? If you're director John Lee Hancock, you make another movie revolving around a young man with talents that the world in general is slow to appreciate. According to Deadline, Hancock is attached to direct 'Electric Boy Genius,' based on the true story of Ryan Patterson (pictured), who stuffed knives into electrical sockets as a child and lived to tell about it.
While still in elementary school, Patterson started asking questions about electricity that stumped his parents and teachers. A retired particles physicist was recruited to mentor the young man and he excelled in the subject, designing robots in high school and winning prizes and scholarships for his design of a wireless sign language...
- 11/10/2010
- by Peter Martin
- Cinematical
Filed under: Movie News, Cinematical
How do you follow up 'The Blind Side,' a heartwarming story based on true events that became a monstrous box office hit and earned Sandra Bullock an Academy Award? If you're director John Lee Hancock, you make another movie revolving around a young man with talents that the world in general is slow to appreciate. According to Deadline, Hancock is attached to direct 'Electric Boy Genius,' based on the true story of Ryan Patterson (pictured), who stuffed knives into electrical sockets as a child and lived to tell about it.
While still in elementary school, Patterson started asking questions about electricity that stumped his parents and teachers. A retired particles physicist was recruited to mentor the young man and he excelled in the subject, designing robots in high school and winning prizes and scholarships for his design of a wireless sign language...
How do you follow up 'The Blind Side,' a heartwarming story based on true events that became a monstrous box office hit and earned Sandra Bullock an Academy Award? If you're director John Lee Hancock, you make another movie revolving around a young man with talents that the world in general is slow to appreciate. According to Deadline, Hancock is attached to direct 'Electric Boy Genius,' based on the true story of Ryan Patterson (pictured), who stuffed knives into electrical sockets as a child and lived to tell about it.
While still in elementary school, Patterson started asking questions about electricity that stumped his parents and teachers. A retired particles physicist was recruited to mentor the young man and he excelled in the subject, designing robots in high school and winning prizes and scholarships for his design of a wireless sign language...
- 11/10/2010
- by Peter Martin
- Moviefone
Disney is adapting another true-life story for the big screen, based on a GQ article about young inventor Ryan Patterson, Slashfilm.com is reporting. The movie, which will be called ‘Electric Boy Genius,’ will follow Patterson, also an electrical engineer, who invented an electronic sign-language device when he was just 17 years-old. The device used sensors that allowed users to wear a glove, which translated hand movements into words on a screen. Andrew Corsello, who wrote the article, also described how Patterson won the 2001 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. The victory landed him a job in aerospace robotics for Lockheed Martin. The movie is being helmed by John Lee Hancock, who [...]...
- 11/10/2010
- by karen
- ShockYa
Walt Disney Pictures has hired The Blind Side helmer John Lee Hancock to direct biopic Electric Boy Genius , reports Variety . Doug Wright ( Quills ) is writing the script for the film that is based on a 2002 GQ article profiling Ryan Patterson, an electricity guru who won the International Science and Engineering Fair in 2001. Andrew Corsello wrote the story. Gordon Gray and Mark Ciardi will produce. Hancock previously wrote and directed The Rookie and The Alamo .
- 11/10/2010
- Comingsoon.net
John Lee Hancock, the director of the hit Sandra Bullock film The Blind Side has been hired by Disney to helm a film called Electric Boy Genius.
The script for the film is being written by Doug Wright (Quills), and is based on a real life child genius of electrical engineering. The story for the film is based on a 2002 GQ article by Andrew Corsello about a boy named Ryan Patterson.
While in diapers, he was stuffing knives into electrical sockets and learning the power of electricity the hard way. After he watched his father do wiring work on the family home, the youth mastered the principles of electrical flow. He was building robots by the time he was in high school and developing innovations like an electronic sign-language translator.
The article goes on to talk about Patterson's entry into the 2001 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, which he won.
The script for the film is being written by Doug Wright (Quills), and is based on a real life child genius of electrical engineering. The story for the film is based on a 2002 GQ article by Andrew Corsello about a boy named Ryan Patterson.
While in diapers, he was stuffing knives into electrical sockets and learning the power of electricity the hard way. After he watched his father do wiring work on the family home, the youth mastered the principles of electrical flow. He was building robots by the time he was in high school and developing innovations like an electronic sign-language translator.
The article goes on to talk about Patterson's entry into the 2001 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, which he won.
- 11/10/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Exclusive: Disney has attached The Blind Side director John Lee Hancock to helm Electric Boy Genius, a film that will be scripted by Doug Wright about a real life Doogie Howser of electrical engineering. The film is based on a 2002 GQ article that Disney optioned years ago about Ryan Patterson. While in diapers, he was stuffing knives into electrical sockets and learning the power of electricity the hard way. After he watched his father do wiring work on the family home, the youth mastered the principles of electrical flow. He was building robots by the time he was in high school and developing innovations like an electronic sign-language translator. The GQ article, written by Andrew Corsello, told of Patterson's entry into the 2001 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, which he won. That got him a job working in aerospace robotics for Lockheed Martin. Mayhem's Gordon Gray and Mark Ciardi are producing.
- 11/9/2010
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
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