HBO Films has optioned a not-yet published book taking a behind-the-scenes look at the 2008 presidential election, Daily Variety reports. The book, being written by Time magazine editor-at-large Mark Halperin and New York magazine political correspondent John Heilemann, will be published in early 2010 and the writers will also serve as consultants on the film, the trade paper says. “Blood Diamond” writer Charles Leavitt will adapt the book for the project, Variety says.
—Aimee Picchi