Benson, who was already hired to do a rewrite, will now the direct the project based on Michael Gates Gill’s bestselling 2007 memoir of the same name.
HOW STARBUCKS SAVED MY LIFE
The Weinstein Company has tapped “The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby” writer-director to pen a new draft of Michael Gates Gill’s riches-to-rags memoir.
“Chocolat” scribe to write adaptation of memoir.
Logline: After falling from grace in his professional life, a businessman regains his confidence after taking up a job at a local Starbucks.
