10:30am PT by Andy Lewis, Tatiana Siegel

Rights Available! Hot Sundance Doc Up for Grabs

Tim Wardle's 'Three Identical Strangers,' along with Kate Winkler Dawson's 'Death in the Air,' are both ripe for optioning.
Courtesy of Sundance Institute
'Three Identical Strangers'

Death in the Air (Hachette, Oct. 17) by Kate Winkler Dawson
Agency: UTA

Pitched as in the vein of The Devil in the White City, this debut book by a news producer turned journalism professor tells the story of the serial killer who murdered six women during the infamous fog that smothered London for five days in December 1952.

Three Identical Strangers (Raw, Jan. 19), Directed by Tim Wardle 
Agency: Submarine

This documentary about three men who discover that they are identical triplets separated at birth made a splashy bow at Sundance. Now, narrative remake rights are being hotly pursued (Submarine's Josh Braun locked down life rights at the festival).

This story first appeared in the Jan. 25 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.

Andy Lewis

Andy Lewis

books@thr.com andyblewis
Tatiana Siegel

Tatiana Siegel

tatiana.siegel@thr.com @tatianasiegel27