‘The Help’ Gets Fast-Tracked
Kathryn Stockett Novel Picked Up by Chris Columbus
“The Help,” a novel by Kathryn Stockett that centers on African-American servants for wealthy white families before the dawn of civil rights, has been fast-tracked by Chris Columbus’ 1492 Productions for a film adaptation.
The Help has been adapted for the screen by Tate Taylor (Pretty Ugly People), while the novel has been on the New York Times bestseller list for 35 weeks, although I’ve never heard of it. According to Variety, it’s Stockett’s big break after a lot of hardship in the industry.
Production will begin next Spring in the south; The Help is set in Mississippi.
If anyone has read the novel, let us know in the comments what you think — judging a book by its cover, Stockett seems to have delivered the subject material in a lighter shade than oh, say, The Color Purple. I might be totally wrong, though.
