Dennis Aspland

Previously Unseen Shaffer Play About Tchaikovsky Discovered

The New York Post has reported on a newly unearthed play by recently deceased author, Peter Shaffer. The play, which sources say Shaffer labored over for twenty years, is about the composer, Tchaikovsky, and the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death.

Christopher Weekes Pens PONZI’S SCHEME

Christopher Weekes, whose Jim Henson biopic spec screenplay Muppet Man topped 2009's Black List, has been tapped by producers Jean Doumanian (August: Osage County, All The Real Girls) and Michael Shulman and Craig Saavedra, (principals of Starry Night Entertainment - Sherman's Way, White People) to adapt Mitchell Zuckoff's acclaimed biography Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend for the big screen.