{"id":22248,"date":"2012-10-01T13:50:01","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T17:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=22248"},"modified":"2018-11-18T23:03:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T04:03:19","slug":"marilyn-monroe-murder-conspiracy-thriller-the-empty-glass-optioned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2012\/10\/01\/marilyn-monroe-murder-conspiracy-thriller-the-empty-glass-optioned\/","title":{"rendered":"Marilyn Monroe Murder Conspiracy Thriller “The Empty Glass” Optioned"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>J I Baker\u2019s novel The Empty Glass<\/em> has been optioned by producers Irwin Winkler and David Winkler. Baker will adapt the screenplay from his own book that weaves fact with conspiracy theory and centers on a young Los Angeles coroner who discovers that Marilyn Monroe\u2019s death was not the \u201cprobable suicide\u201d the coroner\u2019s office claimed it to be.<\/p>\n

Deadline<\/a> quotes David Winkler as saying \u2013<\/p>\n

The Empty Glass reads like a Billy Wilder screenplay. It\u2019s got suspense, action and dramatic plot turns that will appeal to great directors, and rich dialogue that will attract great actors. We knew immediately that nobody could adapt the book better than the author himself, Jim Baker.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In reality, Monroe\u2019s death came during the shooting of the film Something\u2019s Got To Give<\/strong>, a remake of 1940\u2018s My Favorite Wife<\/strong>, with co-stars Dean Martin and Cyd Charisse. Monroe\u2019s erratic behavior quickly cost in the production a million dollars in overages in just the first few weeks of shooting. The studio tried to fire Monroe and replace her with Lee Remick, but when Martin objected, the studio relented. After Monroe\u2019s death the film was shut down, though the studio reworked the script into Move Over Darling<\/strong> with James Garner and Doris Day. A majority of the film that was already completed was edited together as part of the 2001 documentary Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The story will draw from the conspiracy theories surrounding the actress’s death.<\/div>\n

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