Local Portland author Daniel H. Wilson has done pretty well for himself. As the Oregonian reports: “Spielberg bought the rights to Wilson's first novel, Robopocalypse: A Novel
The more recent word is that DreamWorks and Fox are teaming up to co-finance the film.
And Robopocalypse was featured on the back of every name tag at BEA. And two more of his books (non-fiction) have been optioned for film.
Read more here from the Oregonian.
Doubleday had a contest for the book trailer, with a prize of just $750. Seems like a pretty good deal to get a nice book trailer for not that much money. Plus it helps build buzz. A clever idea, at least until everyone starts doing it.
This was the winner: