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Miramax Options Short Story From Nobel Prize-Winning Author Alice Munro; Xia Magnus To Direct

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EXCLUSIVE:  Miramax has optioned Free Radicals, a short story by Nobel Prize-winning author Alice Munro, which revolves around the harrowing encounter between a young killer on the run and an ailing widow.The story will be adapted by writer-director Xia Magnus and producer Alyssa Polk, with Magnus also attached to direct.

Polk and Magnus previously teamed up for 2020’s atmospheric horror-thriller Sanzaru, which played at the Slamdance and Fantasia Film Festivals.

Sanzaru, a horror thriller, follows a fragile home health aide who begins to question her own sanity as dementia engulfs her employer.Free Radicals will be produced by Jon Shestack, who brought the package to Miramax.Shestack says “The story, like so much of Alice Munro’s work, is

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