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Carter Launches Par Avion Pictures for Big Screen
14 May
Summary
- Graydon Carter and Harrison Vail launch Par Avion Pictures.
- Company will adapt literary works and explore 20th-century history.
- Projects include a Christopher Hitchens documentary and Hemingway adaptation.
Famed magazine editor Graydon Carter has partnered with writer Harrison Vail to launch Par Avion Pictures, a new production company. Announced at the Cannes Film Festival, Par Avion will develop narrative and non-fiction projects, concentrating on literary adaptations, biographies, and the cultural history of the twentieth century across the Atlantic.
The company has an ambitious initial slate. This includes a documentary feature on author Christopher Hitchens, set for release by HBO. Additionally, a series adaptation of Nicholas Foulkes' book 'Swans: Legends of the Jet Society' is in development, focusing on the glamorous socialites of 1948-1973.
Further projects include a feature film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's memoir 'A Moveable Feast,' to be reimagined as a portrait of Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald's relationship in Paris. Par Avion is also producing 'The Proust Conversation,' a video-forward podcast.
