Screenwriter Cheryl Guerriero Adapts Colonel Sanders Story – CB

Palmer screenwriter Cheryl Guerriero has tailored the life story of Colonel Sanders into a brand new mission that she’s going to produce together with Eric Paquette and his Meridian Footage.

Guerriero tailored Margaret Sanders’ e book The Colonel’s Secret: Eleven Herbs and a Spicy Daughter into the screenplay for the mission A Finger Lickin’ Good Story: The Lifetime of Colonel Sanders.

In a press release, Guerriero stated, “I knew Sanders was an actual man however I had no thought what number of jobs he had, what number of failures, what number of challenges, however the greatest shock was that he was round 65 years previous when he got down to franchise his hen. It’s an unbelievable story of perseverance and religion.”

Margaret Sanders’ 1996 e book is laced with humor but additionally tells of a generally difficult relationship she had together with her father. It’s a first-hand account of how Harland Sanders constructed Kentucky Fried Hen, now one of many world’s largest restaurant chains. Sanders died in 1980, however KFC nonetheless makes use of his persona.

“I’m simply so honored and thrilled that Margaret and Colonel Sanders’ household have entrusted me to deliver this story to the display,” Guerriero stated. “To anybody who’s ever wished to give up or been fired or felt they had been too previous to pursue a dream, or for anybody who has an advanced relationship with a member of the family I really feel strongly this can be a story that won’t solely encourage and resonate, however it should entertain.”

Guerriero’s Palmer, starring Justin Timberlake, debuted final yr on Apple TV+. Her screenplay was on the 2016 Blacklist. She additionally was just lately employed by Aurelio DeLauretiis’ firm Filmaura to adapt her novel Woman on Level right into a screenplay. She wrote the screenplay I Have One thing to Inform You for Monarch Media, and it’s at the moment in improvement for her directorial debut. The mission is impressed by Guerriero’s personal expertise, when she hid a video digital camera in her household kitchen earlier than she got here out to her conservative dad and mom. She later shared her expertise on The Oprah Winfrey Present in 2004.

Meridian is getting ready manufacturing of the thrillers Kinetic, with Paul Katis directing, and Papa Alpha Heavy, with Gary Fleder helming. Capstone is financing the initiatives. Different initiatives embrace The Silent Hour, directed by Brad Anderson and with AGC Studios financing. Jada Nation and Alice O’Neill are writing the collection adaptation of The New Chardonnay, the e book by Heather Cabot.

Guerriero is repped by UTA, Heroes and Villains Leisure, and legal professional Peter Pattern.