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Another adaptation is coming, and this time, we’re here to have a little chat about Andy Mulligan’s novel titled Trash.

Richard Curtis, who we all remember from the project Love Actually will be in charge for adapting the “powerful story about unthinkable poverty – and the kind of hope and determination that can transcend it.” That’s exactly the description of this novel, and for the rest of the details, check out the rest of this report.

Working Title Films and Peapie Films have actually acquired Andy Mulligan’s novel as a directing vehicle for Stephen Daldry (The Reader). As we said, Daldry, who is currently quite busy with another project, Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, will adapt Trash, project that is, according to Variety, being developed with an eye towards shooting in 2012.

If you’re interested in more detailed description of the novel, here...

Billy Elliot director and Four Weddings and a Funeral writer team up on contemporary thriller set in unnamed developing-world city

Stephen Daldry and Richard Curtis are teaming up to shoot a contemporary thriller set in the developing world in which three young boys uncover a terrible secret while searching through rubbish mounds, reports Variety (paywall).

Trash, which is based on the Andy Mulligan novel, is set in an unnamed city where teenagers Raphael, Gordo and Rat spend their time picking through litter in the hope of finding useful waste. One day they discover a leather bag whose contents will bring them into conflict with the brutal local police force as they find themselves unlikely whistleblowers in a city rife with corruption.

The project inevitably recalls the 2008 Oscar-winning British film Slumdog Millionaire, which also centred on opportunistic young boys living in a grubby developing-world metropolis. Daldry looks likely to direct from a Curtis screenplay,...

Notting Hill and Love Actually scribe Richard Curtis has been hired to adapt Andy Mulligan’s adventure novel Trash into a movie script. Having recently worked on War Horse, Curtis seems to be leaving his romcom comfort zone far behind at the moment, with Trash featuring kiddie protagonists from a Third World country. Not exactly Hugh Grant material, is it? With the book’s rights snapped up by Working Title, Stephen Daldry (The Hours, The Reader, above) has been tapped to direct. Set in the not-too-distant future, Trash follows...

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Andy Mulligan's "Trash" novel will be adapted by Stephen Daldry and Richard Curtis for Working Title Films and Kris Thykier's PeaPie Films. Trash is a contemporary thriller set in the Third World and tells of three boys who make a living by looking rubbish mounds. One day they discover a leather bag and the contents plunge them into a terrifying adventure which tests their wits against corruption, in order to right a terrible wrong. "Trash" was published last fall in the U.K. and the U.S. by David Fickling Books. "From the opening pages of 'Trash,' I knew that I had discovered one of the most thrilling, dynamic and inspiring books I'd ever come across," said Thykier.

While he’s currently busy filming prestige project Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close with Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock, Stephen Daldry has been keeping his eye out for potential future projects. Now Working Title has grabbed the rights to another book, Trash, for the director to possibly shoot.Working Title stalwart Richard Curtis is getting set to adapt Andy Mulligan’s novel, which arrived on UK shelves last autumn. It follows three boys in the Third World who survive by scavenging in rubbish mounds. When they discover a leather bag, its contents thrust them into a dangerous world of corporate and government corruption and see them aiming to find some justice."From the opening pages of Trash, I knew that I had discovered one of the most thrilling, dynamic and inspiring books I'd ever come across," says producer Kris Thykier, who discovered the book and will also be working on shepherding the project.

Working Title Films and PeaPie Films have acquired film rights to Andy Mulligan's acclaimed novel "Trash" according to a just issued press release.

The contemporary thriller is set in the third world and follows three boys who sort through rubbish mounds to make a living. A surprise discovery soon sets them on an adventure pitting their wits against corruption and authority.

British TV and filmmaking legend Richard Curtis ("Blackadder," "Notting Hill," "Vicar of Dibley") will adapt the novel into a script, while Oscar nominee Stephen Daldry ("The Hours," "Billy Elliot") is attached to direct.

Right now, he’s in the middle of directing Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close with Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock, but Stephen Daldry already seems to have his next project lined up. According to Variety, that’s another book adaptation, titled Trash.

Based off the novel of the same name by Andy Mulligan, it’s being scripted by Love Actually and Spielberg‘s upcoming War Horse writer Richard Curtis. It’s described as being “a contemporary thriller set in the third world, about three boys who scrape a living picking through rubbish mounds,” who “discover a leather bag, whose contents plunge them into a terrifying adventure, pitting their wits against corruption and authority to put right a terrible wrong.” People involved with the film seem to have high praise for the book, and the plans to bring it in front of cameras in 2012 makes it seem like it’ll be Daldry‘s next film.

[1] When you see the names Richard Curtis (screenwriter, Bridget Jones, Love Actually, War Horse)and Stephen Daldry (director, The Hours, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close) together, you'll might well think that a mannered but quirky award-season film is forthcoming. But in this particular case, they're teaming to adapt Trash, an adventure novel by Andy Mulligan that was originally aimed at kids that features three third-world trash-picking kids who find something that changes their lives in dramatic ways. Working Title bought the rights to the book, and is aiming to pull this one together pretty fast -- the company wants to shoot next year. The book description below, from Amazon [2], makes clear that there is stuff in Trash -- the way it deals with poverty, for example -- that puts it a little more in Stephen Daldry's court than would be the case for your average adventure thriller. It sounds like a cool story,...

Having written and directed perhaps the worst film I saw in the last decade with the music themed comedy The Boat That Rocked (it went by the name of Pirate Radio in the U.S.) – the nauseating Richard Curtis has now attached himself, fittingly, to adapt a book titled Trash for Working Pictures. Fitting because that’s exactly what I thought of his last film.

Variety say Curtis will adapt Andy Mulligan’s childrens book for director dramatic helmer Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliott, The Hours, The Reader), “about three boys who scrape a living picking through rubbish mounds. One day they discover a leather bag, whose contents plunge them into a terrifying adventure, pitting their wits against corruption and authority to put right a terrible wrong”.

The book was published late last year but has already amassed a big fanbase that supposedly appeals to adults as well as children.

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You might want to add Trash to your list of 2013 Oscar contenders. Thrice Oscar-nominated director Stephen Daldry and screenwriter Richard Curtis (who only has one Oscar nomination; loser), will adapt Andy Mulligan's young adult novel about three kids who support themselves by looking through trash, until they stumble upon something that puts their lives at risk. Think Slumdog Millionaire, without the game show. [Variety]...

* It's becoming fashionable to make adventure films for kids again, and Working Title is looking to jump into the game in a big way. They've just scooped up the film rights to Andy Mulligan's kids adventure novel, Trash, with plans to have Richard Curtis(Love Actually) pen the script and Stephen Daldry(The Reader) directing. The story follows a group of kids living in a Third World country, who...

Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliott) has been brought on to adapt the Andy Mulligan novel Trash for the big screen. The rights to the book were recently picked up by Working Title and Kris Thykier's Peapie Films.

The story is described as a "contemporary thriller set in the third world, about three boys who scrape a living picking through rubbish mounds. One day they discover a leather bag, whose contents plunge them into a terrifying adventure, pitting their wits against corruption and authority to put right a terrible wrong."

This sounds it could be a great and interesting film, according to Thykier, "From the opening pages of 'Trash,' I knew that I had discovered one of the most thrilling, dynamic and inspiring books I'd ever come across." Thats a pretty glowing remark. I've never read the book, but I may just have to pick it up. Thykier continues saying,...

He's currently directing an adaptation of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, but we haven't seen a film from Stephen Daldry since the 2008 Best Picture nominee The Reader. Now it sounds like Daldry already has his next project lined up as Variety reports Working Title Films and Peapie Films have just acquired the rights to Andy Mulligan's novel Trash for Daldry to direct. The story follows three boys in a third world country who scrape a living by picking through trash. One day they find a leather bag, the contents of which plunge them into a terrifying adventure, pitting their wits against corruption and authority to right a wrong. Producer Kris Thykier says, ""From the opening pages of Trash, I knew that I had discovered one of the most thrilling, dynamic and inspiring books I'd ever come across." It certainly does sounds like an interesting story, almost like ...

It’s about time we get a good action-adventure film.

And who better to bring us just that than writer Richard Curtis and director Stephen Daldry.

Variety is reporting that Working Title has tapped Curtis to adapt the kid’s novel Trash, from writer Andy Mulligan. The film will be helmed by Daldry, and will follow a trio of kids in a third world nation, who find something deeply important while digging through a garbage dump that leads them on a chase, running from cops and solving a mystery.

Read more on Richard Curtis writing Trash; Stephen Daldry to direct...

With the names Richard Curtis ("Love Actually," "Four Weddings And A Funeral") and Stephen Daldry ("The Hours," "Billy Elliot") attached, you might think this is automatic Oscar bait, but what they're cooking up together looks like more of an adventure film with some serious cred behind it. Variety reports that Working Title has tasked Curtis to adapt the Andy Mulligan kid's book "Trash" as a directing vehicle for Daldry. Mulligan's book was initially written for kids but wound up being marketed as a crossover title for adults as well. The story follows three kids in a third world country who…...

Random House Children's Books and Jane Turnbull have announced that Working Title Films and PeaPie Films have acquired the film rights to "Trash," the acclaimed novel by British author, Andy Mulligan, in a deal brokered by Jenne Casarotto of Casarotto Ramsay Associates. Richard Curtis will adapt the novel. Alongside his many award-winning original screenplays for television ("Blackadder," "Vicar of Dibley") and film ( Four Weddings and a Funeral , Notting Hill ), Curtis has also adapted previous literary work, including "The Ladies Detective Agency" and recently War Horse for director Steven Spielberg. Stephen Daldry, three-time Academy Award nominated ( Billy Elliot , The Hours , The Reader ) and Tony Award winning director, is...