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Kirkus Reviews THE WORTHY

June 1, 2006

The ghost of a Louisiana State frat boy, seeking revenge for his death;
the salvation of one of the fraternity's big dumb pledges; and a few of
the good things in life not generally available to the dead.

The excesses of Greek life proved fatal for Gamma Chi pledge Conrad
Sutton when the exceedingly handsome, coke-snorting, date-raping Ryan
Hutchinson threw Conrad down the frat-house staircase, breaking the
freshman's neck. The unwitnessed murder was listed as just another
boyish disaster in the notorious history of the hard-partying
fraternity, and Ryan has continued to live the good LSU life unpunished,
making life hell for a new pledge class and for his gorgeous girlfriend
Maggie. Now Conrad's ghost roams Baton Rouge plotting retribution. He is
at first visible only to Miss Etta, the deeply religious frat-house
cook, who explains to him that he isn't supposed to be working on
vengeance but on the salvation of poor, thick-witted, gargantuan,
red-headed Tucker Graham, whom Ryan has singled out for particular
attention in the new pledge class. Tucker is prepared to endure all that
his prospective brothers can dish out, believing that as a Gamma Chi, he
will at last be able to lose his virginity. But Conrad, who finds he can
slip into Tucker's skin whenever the pledge passes out (a not-infrequent
event), uses the boy's great strength to start smacking Ryan around. He
gets a little help from his ex-girlfriend's best friend and sorority
sister Sarah Jane, who is on to Ryan's evil ways and has her own plans
for his downfall. Retribution will come in steps that include the
unwitting application of depilatory to Ryan's gorgeous locks, another
grisly murder and a surprising liaison for the hard-used Tucker.

Clarke (Lord Vishnu's Love Handles, 2005) paints an amusing and
jaw-dropping (but only slightly exaggerated) picture of a life treasured
by generations of beer guzzling food fighters.

Publication Date: 7/1/2006 0:00:00

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Two Writers 'WORTHY' of Adaptation

June 01, 2006

By Tatiana Siegel

Columbia Pictures and Red Wagon have tapped scribes Andrew Jay Cohen and Brendan O'Brien to adapt the upcoming book "The Worthy: A Ghost's Story" by Will Clarke.

The subversive college comedy centers on a fraternity pledge so obsessed with a girl that even his accidental death does not stand in the way of his pursuit of her.

Red Wagon's Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher will produce.

"These two writers have an unusual ability to mix very edgy, inventive humor with elements of classic storytelling," Wick said.

Wick and Fisher have produced such adult dramas as "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Jarhead" through their Sony-based shingle. But Wick also has dabbled in themes of adolescent angst by producing such films as "The Craft" and "Girl, Interrupted."

"Like 'The Craft' was a fresh way to talk about high school life, ('The Worthy') is a very fresh and inventive way to explore college life," Wick added.

The book will be published by Simon & Schuster next month.

Rachel Shane is shepherding the project for Red Wagon.

Cohen and O'Brien rose through the comedic ranks as Judd Apatow proteges. Cohen recently served as associate producer on "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and the upcoming Will Ferrell starrer "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby."

Paramount Vantage recently acquired a comedy pitch based on Cohen's short "American Storage," which O'Brien wrote (HR 5/15). Cohen will direct the feature-length adaptation from a screenplay penned by the pair.

They are repped by ICM and manager Brian Lutz.