Penn Producer Turning Penn Writer's Book Into a Movie!

Another story of Penn alumni working together in Hollywood.

Thanks to a popular Penn publication, Adam Lebovitz (W'03) has now optioned Craig Boreth's (C'91, First male drummer in Bloomers pit band) (pictured below) book, "How To Feel Manly In A Minivan".

Craig's book is a survival guide for new dads, helping each guy facing fatherhood to make the transition with his masculinity, sanity and lower back intact. It's not really a parenting guide, but more a guide to fatherly self-preservation, covering such subjects as:

• How to have sex for procreation
• How to remain conscious during delivery
• How to see your wife as a MILF
• How to Get That #%&%$ Song Out of Your Head

Per Adam (pictured right), his story on how he found Craig's book is very much a "feel good" Penn alumni story:

"I actually found the book by reading about it in the Penn Gazette. The title was so funny that I immediately bought a copy and read it. The book was hysterical! Craig Boreth's writing has such a genuine and fresh voice. Even though the book was written from a guy's perspective, both men and women can appreciate the humor of finding yourself on the verge parenthood and then all of the comedy of being a parent.

I am in the early stages of development on it. I am exploring both paths of setting it up in television and features. Working on a comedy will be a much different experience than my last project I produced which was a crime thriller called Tortured, starring Laurence Fishburne and Cole Hauser. Sony recently bought it and will be releasing it in September."

FYI, Adam owns his own production company called "Five Star Pictures" where he is partnered with his brother Nolan Lebovitz.

Click here to read an excerpt from his book...+/-

Craig Boreth's "How to Feel Manly in a Minivan" Excerpt 

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Find out how Craig got his start and what advice he has for you to get published!
(fyi, this link will pop-up a page will jump to Craig's section --give it a few seconds)

Before "husbandry", Craig wrote a book on how wives can turn their husbands into the perfect husband: "How to Iron Your Own Damn Shirt: The Perfect Husband Handbook Featuring Over 50 Foolproof Ways to Win, Woo & Wow Your Wife"

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She Did This How Many Times on Camera??!

A new interview with Elizabeth Banks (C'96) with the New York Times just got released.

In the video she talks about:

• the first movie she remembers seeing in the theater
• which movie she really wanted to be in
• how many commercials she did in her first year of acting..and how many times she was a bride in them!
• how she got the part of Laura Bush in the upcoming Oliver Stone movie
• the key to playing Laura Bush

Also, find out something she did on camera 3 times! The answer may (pleasantly) surprise you! (Warning: not safe for work!)

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Lots of Penn news happening this week on-campus and off!...

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Marc Platt (C'79) has extended his contract with Universal Pictures for five years and has several projects of in the works, including a film version of the Broadway show Wicked, a remake of the 1973 Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice film "Jesus Christ Superstar" and a new motion picture about the life of the late composer George Gershwin.

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My past posts about Marc here

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Mark Cronin's (Eng'86) Rock of Love comes back for a third season ...this time on a tour bus!

More here
Past posts about Mark Cronin here

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Roy Bank's (C'94) upcoming reality show "Jingles" has reportedly been delayed due to its own lack of jingle time... More here

Check out who will be hosting this new show currently in production! More here
Past posts about Roy here

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According to Cynthia's Cynopsis, Nancy Glass Productions made several exclusive talent and development deals with Penn's Off the Beat a capella group! Anyone know anything more about this?

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Jib Jabbed: Gabriel Mann is the Voice of Obama!

Gabriel Mann (C'95, Off the Beat) emailed to let me know that he's the voice of Barack Obama in the latest viral Jib Jab video going around the web (see above, minute 1:16)

If you're not familiar with DT favorite Gabriel Mann, click here to check out my past posts to learn about this accomplished musician and all the cool things he's done (i.e toured with Alanis Morrisette, been on the grammys, his music in many tv and films!)

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Last Week She Met Dave, This Week Elizabeth Banks Meets Bill!

On the heels of her Meet Dave film, yesterday, Elizabeth Banks' (C'96) new (direct to DVD) film, Meet Bill debuted.  (It's sort of interesting that Meet Bill came out within the week of her other film, Meet Dave.)

Check out the trailer above.

Per Yahoo Movies, the plot is as follows:

Aaron Eckhart (Thank You For Smoking) stars in this dramedy about a man whose life is less than impressive. He's miserable in his job, his wife (Elizabeth Banks, Definitely, Maybe) may be having an affair with the local newsman, and he's unhappy with his growing gut. When he begins to mentor a student, his own life surprisingly starts to make sense, though that may also have something to do with the arrival of a sexy young woman (Jessica Alba).

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The Procrastination Poster Child Has a Plan...And It's A Good One

Amin Osman (C'09) and Michael Shomin (C'10) created this video about a kid who is on his way to turning in his final term paper. Along the way, he flashes back to everything that's led to this moment.

Pay attention to the interesting story telling here ...and its good payoff!

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Missed Elizabeth Banks on The Tonight Show? Watch It Here!

In case you missed Elizabeth Banks (C'96) on Friday night on the Tonight Show, she talked about:

• her first day at Penn and how she met her husband Max Handelman (C'95) on the AEPi lawn (and what he was wearing! ...Yes, I was in AEPi too and yes, I think what she said was the style back then for other guys as well!)
• her path to becoming an actor

Jay also showed a (hot!) Zima commercial Liz did years ago.

Check out some great shots of Liz in a whole bunch of magazines here!

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