When I read the graphic novel, I was blown away by Sarah Leavitt’s ability to tell her story with such honesty and bold creativity and I knew it needed to be brought to life on screen.” In a release, Nelson stated: “I’m overjoyed at the opportunity to make this unique and special film.Stone Philanthropy Award earlier this year, and Miller Rogen and Rogen run Hilarity for Charity, a nonprofit that uses comedy to raise funds for research and awareness among young people. Patel was honored with the Alzheimer’s Foundation’s Jerome H. Patel, Rogen, and Miller Rogen are all longtime Alzheimer’s activists and have collectively raised millions in research funding.As her mom’s personality begins to fade, the author battles with acceptance of the realities of the disease and must confront long-dormant issues that exist among her family. Published in 2010, the original novel is the story a young woman who returns to her hometown after her mother is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.UTA Independent Film Group and CAA have the film’s domestic rights. The film is being produced by Vicky Patel, Steve Barnett, and Alan Powell at Monarch Media, Seth Rogen via his company Point Grey Pictures, and Lauren Miller Rogen for Lylas Pictures.
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