Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi has set her eyes on making fiction movie which will be based on the documentary she filmed for HBO by the name “Journeys with George”. Avid HBO viewers will remember that this documentary followed President George W. Bush’s presidential campaign of 2000.
The film, which is not yet titled, centers around a young, very impressionable news story producer, finding herself starting to deal with the huge challenges of professional life and personal love in the middle of covering and reporting on a much publicized presidential campaign.
Oscar-winner screenwriter, Mr.Steven Zaillian is producing the film. Zillian said that the tone of the movie “The Devil Wears Prada” seemed quite apparent in the documentary and he encouraged Alexandra Pelosi to use and film her experiences to give a stunningly beautiful screenplay for the movie. The project is also one which will mark Alexandra Pelosi’s debut as a screenwriter.
Zaillian said that Alexandra Pelosi was a very talented documentary and short film filmmaker and an equally great raconteur. He attributed her present and future success to the fact that she has been places, seen and done many things only few of the rest of the people from the film fraternity have. He said he was excited that she had decided to vent out her perspective as an insider and use her gift of storytelling with him in creating a screenplay.
Pelosi is the daughter of Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House. She is also an ex – NBC news producer. The most recent documentary for HBO filmed by her is named “Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexandra Pelosi.”
This project is a first for the co-venture which was launched by Zaillian in association with Mandate Pictures which aimed to produce small budget films which were character-driven. It also has partnered with Sony for the first-look deal for the movie.
