Dan And Sam Feature Adaptation In Development At Universal – Deadline

Deadline has confirmed that Universal is developing a feature take on Mark Watson and Oliver Haruds 2015 graphic novelDan and Sam from Picador publishing.

Japanese director Hikari, who helmed the Berlin Film Festival Audience Award winner 37 Seconds,will direct. The drama, which follows a young Japanese woman who suffers from cerebral palsy, was acquired by Netflix which streamed it earlier this year. Molly Smith Metzler will adapt the story about a prosperous London couple when Sam dies in Dans arms after an accident.Dan is granted a reprieve Sam can return to him for one night of the year, every year, until he falls in love again. And though Dan knows that no one could ever take Sams place in his heart, he faces an impossible choice.

Metzlers first scriptThe Thing About Jellyfishwas featured on the 2017 Black List. Heradaptation of Stephanie Lands award-winning novel Maidwas recently greenlit to series at Netflix, which shell create and showrun, as well as serve as EP with Margot Robbie and John Wells.

Marc Platt and Adam Siegel will produce through his Uni-based Marc Platt Productions alongside Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger, who will produce through Automatik Entertainment. Automatiks Rian Cahill will executive produce.

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