Alongside Academy Award winner Donna Gigliotti (Silver Linings Playbook, Hidden Figures), Stars Collective plans to develop, finance, and produce a film adaptation of Fortunate Sons: The 120 Chinese Boys Who Came to America, Went to School, and Revolutionized an Ancient Civilization by Liel Leibovitz and Matthew Miller (W.W. Norton), Deadline reported.
The company has optioned the film rights to the 2012 work of nonfiction, which will be adapted by Yilong Liu. Stars Collective founder Peter Luo and Gigliotti will oversee the development and production process.
In a statement, Stars Collective co-CEO Nancy Xu said, "Fortunate Sons is a poignant story that hits different in 2024 and makes for a compelling and introspective cinematic piece. Yilong Liu is an amazing writer whose adapted screenplay will match the power of the literary work that impressed so many and vaulted the book to bestseller status."
Stars Collective's founder, Peter Luo, added, "Donna is one of the finest producers in the world and an excellent partner for Stars Collective. We are thrilled to have a project we can work on together. The tone, style, and impact of this story require producers with creative expertise related to this material, and Donna possesses that instinctual excellence. We all see Fortunate Sons as a story that resonates globally and will make a movie true to the source material."