'The Christmas Sweater': Glenn Beck Book Subject Of Film Adaptation Talks

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Stephen Scheffer, a former HBO executive who acquired the film rights to Beck's 2008 novel "The Christmas Sweater," is moving forward on creating a movie adaptation.

After failing to get to production once Sony picked up the rights, Scheffer told The Hollywood Reporter that he's in talks with several studios to bring the book to screens.

The book is a fictionalized telling of 12-year old Beck's last Christmas with his mother, who took her life in the year that followed. A drug addict struggling financially, his mother was only able to buy him a sweater for Christmas, prompting his anger and then, when she confronted him, his understanding of her plight.

It was a Christmas, Beck told Don Imus in 2009, that led to many of his later problems with drugs and alcohol.

There has already been one film version of "The Christmas Sweater," a live, one-man stage show performed on tour by Beck and shown in theaters in 2009.

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[CBPatriot]

01:28 PM on 04/05/2011

Coming soon to a theater near you...

"Beavis and Butthead Go to Washington"

Starring Rush Limbaugh as Beavis and Glenn Beck as Butthead.

[Billar]

10:59 AM on 04/05/2011

Which cartoon characters will be featured in this movie.

[barbara0309]

09:10 AM on 04/05/2011

Why can't Oliver Stone do a Beck biopic ala "W" and bring him DOWN?!?

[Mammut]

09:02 AM on 04/05/2011

Is this another National Lampoons installment that no one will ever care about?

[lvdragonlady]

11:32 PM on 04/04/2011

This is a shame.

[NotEve]

09:06 PM on 04/04/2011

Who's the animator going to be?

[rsunday]

11:05 AM on 04/04/2011

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[Topps]

05:42 AM on 04/04/2011

You lack common sense.As stated this topic doesn't warrant further dialog.Initial response to a lack luster story got my lack luster response.There was a reply other than you and a check.So weather it could be understood is not the issue.You don't like what you read and you are entitled to feel as you like.I will not allow you to beat me down with your assumption.Perhaps your the one whom needs a little tact when making a response.Who appointed you the position of grammar police? For the last time ,this subject don't warrant further communication.

[triplettam]

05:24 AM on 04/04/2011

Didn't we already have a Glenn Beck movie? "Network?" I'm still waiting for that ending.

[lizipoo]

01:50 AM on 04/04/2011

Thanks to those like Beck who serve their Corp masters via Faux, there are going to be many more children in this country who will be lucky to get a sweater come winter or Christmas or any other day of the year.   The right-wing is waging a war on the working class that is driving many middle class families to poverty joining the masses already in that predicament and Beck is just one of the many cheerleaders for the movement.   Get over yourself Glenn.   Go count the sweaters and toys in your current closet.   You might be able to donate a few now.

[Stopinstigating]

03:32 AM on 04/04/2011

"You might be able to donate a few now."

Seems like he's done so:

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/media/2010/01/tampa-charity-helps-glenn-beck-rally-earn-129000-in-five-days-after-on-air-endorsement.html

And some people make unpublicized donations to shelter the recipients from the inevitable media frenzy. Just sayin'.

But then, you don't really care one bit about how much he gives. It wouldn't matter anyway.

Whatever the situation, its a pretty good bet that Beck has given more than you have. But you've expressed your outrage and that should be enough for sanctimonious liberals.

[mr e vader]

02:48 PM on 04/04/2011

Charitable donations, however large, do not mean you are purchasing the right to spread hate, fear & misinformation.

[aFtersootdamP]

12:45 AM on 04/04/2011

I wonder why huffp0 bothers with these stories on Beck? It really puts the huffers in a bad light. They come across as mean, petty, and pathetic.

[jggrow]

12:02 AM on 04/04/2011

I loath anything that has to do with fox...it is a dispicable operation.

[Stopinstigating]

03:34 AM on 04/04/2011

And I'm sure they feel just awful! (But I'm sure you'll get plenty of fans here.)

[ProgressivesWin]

10:37 PM on 04/03/2011

Why?
The last one garnered what, a total of 150 people across the nation.
Maybe Beck could just run for president. Then we could all at least have a good laugh.

[texlib2112]

09:55 PM on 04/03/2011

You have to be kidding me!

[Cougar31]

09:25 PM on 04/03/2011

Author, writer, filmmaker and intellectual. Beck is great!

[desertdweller]

04:54 PM on 04/05/2011

Isn't it great that someone can be all that, and more, and still not be considered an "elite?"