Bob Dylan and George Clooney working on John Grisham adaptation together
Bob Dylan are set to work on a new film adaptation together.The pair will adapt John Grisham’s lauded baseball-themed book Calico Joe in a forthcoming feature film.The new project sees Clooney and his Smokehouse Pictures partner Grant Heslov teaming up with Dylan’s Grey Water Park Productions. Calico Joe is the story of a father and son, set against the backdrop of Major League Baseball in the United States.“John has written a beautiful story and the chance to collaborate with Bob to bring it to the screen is just fantastic,” Clooney and Heslov said of the new project in a statement.Dylan added: “George and Grant see in this book what I see in it – a powerful story that will resonate with young and old alike.