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Academy award-winning writers pen the Hollywood movie script for ‘Genuine Fakes’

Two American and one British producer have called on one of Hollywood’s most enduring and highly regarded scriptwriting double acts, to create the fictional screenplay ‘Genuine Fakes’, a comedy thriller based on John Myatt’s extraordinary life.

Ian La Frenais and Dick Clement are winners of the Academy Award for their script of ‘The Commitments’ and the duo have penned many hits over the years such as LoveJoy and Porridge and have just written the much-heralded screenplay ‘Across The Universe’.

The part of John Myatt looks set to be played by an A-list movie star and the film is being brought to the silver screen by the joint production talents of Beverley Hills’ Jay Weston Productions and London’s Greeneye Productions. Jay Weston, of Jay Weston Productions has produced a string of biographical films on Billie Holiday, WC Fields and more recently Hemingway’s life story; whilst award winning Julie Daly-Wallman, of Greeneye Productions, was the first producer to win the prestigious Tribeca award in New York, with ‘The Crooked Mile’.

Filming of ‘Genuine Fakes’ is expected to start soon…
so watch this space