Paramount Joins a Gang
Hollywood Newsroom is now Buzz Newsroom! Visit and bookmark our new site. Buzz is bigger and better, including sports, world news, gadgets and the entertainment news that you're used to. Same staff, just more stuff! Why Fark, Drudge and Huffington when you can Buzz!?Paramount Vantage has optioned the Sudhir Venkatesh book “Gang Leader for a Day” and set Craig Brewer to direct and “Sopranos” scribe Michael Caleo to write the script. Venkatesh is a Columbia U. professor, and “Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets” recounted years he spent chronicling a crack-dealing gang in Chicago for a research project. He befriended the Black Kings and their leader and was invited to observe close up. Venkatesh found a close-knit group whose corporate culture was much like that of a successful legitimate business. Venkatesh was given the job of calling the shots of the criminal enterprise for a day.
Via Variety