{
  "id": 14958380,
  "title": "‘Dear William:’ Film Adaptation Of David D. Magee’s Memoir Underway",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/dear-william-film-adaptation-of-david-d-magees-memoir-underway",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-16T13:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/dear-william-david-d-magee-film-1237165610/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "EXCLUSIVE: A big-screen adaptation of David D. Magee’s memoir Dear William: A Father’s Memoir of Addiction, Recovery, Love, and Loss has been greenlit, with production underway in Mississippi, and Andrew Hyatt (The Blind and Paul) directing. Hyatt has also written the film’s screenplay. Matt Passmore, Emily Rose, Gabriel Nagy and Hudson Macready star in the […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}