Oh bugger. They are making a film out of a Kinkade painting...
Lionsgate and the Firm are partnering on a feature adaptation of Thomas Kinkade's painting "The Christmas Cottage," aiming for a holiday season release.
The project's part of an overall film-TV producing deal that Lionsgate made with Kinkade, who's become a successful artist via paintings with glowing highlights in idealistic settings, such as country cottages and streams.
Kinkade's company asserts it's sold $1.7 billion of artwork at retail over the past 15 years along with $2.4 billion in licensed product sales -- such as greeting cards and calendars -- over the past decade, resulting in Kinkade art being found in one out of every 10 U.S. households.
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