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Marc Abraham will direct
Gilmore Girl Lauren Graham will follow-up her ‘love interest’ role in this Summer’s “Evan Almighty” with Flash of Genius, a Marc Abraham directed drama that’ll team her with actor Greg Kinnear (“Little Miss Sunshine”), says Variety.
Kinnear plays Robert Kearns, the inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper, who spent most of his life battling the Detroit automakers he charged with stealing his invention. Graham, plays Phyllis Kearns, who watches her husband’s obsession with legal retribution suffocate their marriage and put a strain on their children.
Based on a New Yorker article by John Seabrook, the script was written by Phillip Railsback, Scott Frank and Abraham. Spyglass partners Roger Birnbaum and Gary Barber will produce with Michael Lieber.
“I bought the rights eight years ago and always hoped to direct it,” said Abraham, who runs U-based Strike Entertainment. “This is a David vs. Goliath story, but I liked the fact that what Kearns fought for was almost whimsical and (it shows) the high cost someone can pay for refusing to compromise their dignity.”
