Brit-based Scion Films has landed the film rights to Diane Ackerman’s acclaimed nonfiction tome “The Zookeeper’s Wife” with Angela Workman set to adapt. Tollin Prods. and Rowe/Miller Prods., who together brought in the project, will produce with Scion. “Zookeeper’s Wife” chronicles the true story of how Jan and Antonina Zabinski, the keepers of the Warsaw zoo, turned the zoo into a safe haven for Jews after the Germans invaded Poland during World War II. The Zabinskis hid scores of Jews in cages and sheds, as well as in their own home. The zoo soon became known by its guests — who were given animal names — as “The House Under a Crazy Star,” where humanity was tested and found. Published by Workman n 2007 by W.W. Norton & Co., Ackerman’s book spent 54 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.
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