1 September 2007
Bon Jovi Options Novel For Film

Jon Bon Jovi is adding the title of movie producer to his already impressive resume.

Bon Jovi, along with Jack Rovner and Ken Levitan of Vector Management, has optioned "Almost Home," the upcoming debut novel by Jessica Blank.

The book, due Oct. 23 from Hyperion Books for Children, is billed as an "Outsiders"-like story of homeless teens in Los Angeles.

Blank and her husband, Erik Jensen, already have begun work on the screenplay. They previously collaborated on "The Exonerated," a play based on interviews they had with exonerated death row inmates.

Source: Asbury Park Press