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Oprah Jumps Back Into the Movie Business


Posted on Sep 17, 2009 @ 03:10AM - 1 comment
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Oprah Winfrey is setting her sights back onto the big screen. The media mogul is taking her book club love one step further by producing a film adaptation of a book she optioned last year.

Teaming up with Focus Features and director (and Kate Winslet hubby) Sam Mendes' Neal Street Productions, Winfrey -- through her company Harpo Productions -- will bring Netherland to movie theaters.

The book is set in New York City where a lonely Dutch expatriate forms a bond to immigrant culture when he becomes drawn to the sport of cricket.

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