Conan O'Brien documentary director adapting HOW I BECAME A FAMOUS NOVELIST

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Now that Rodman Flender has broken onto the scene after directing the documentary Conan O'Brien Can't Stop, he has found a new project. Deadline reports that he is set to team with Amy Lippman to adapt How I Became A Famous Novelist. I have been interested in seeing the indie documentary about the talk-show host's musical road trip after exiting NBC's Tonight Show.

The project is based on Steve Hely's comic novel about "a down-on-his-luck guy who resolves to write a bestselling novel solely to upstage his ex-girlfriend at her wedding. Even though he has loaded in every cliche and a well-worn plot line, the novelist watches his book become a raging bestseller. It's such a phenomenon that it inflames the literary community, alienates his ex and causes him to rethink what makes good writing worthwhile."

This sounds like a pretty interesting story and one that should be pretty funny. I am interested to see how this project develops. What are your thoughts?

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