Producer Matt Battaglia of Blink International, an actor for two decades has chalked up appearances on such TV shows as “Baywatch,” “Charmed” and “Queer as Folk” before branching into the financing side of producing. That is how he got involved as a co-producer on “Brothers,” the Jim Sheridan-helmed war drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire. Now, he has optioned the Sci-Fi “Catcher in the Rye”, Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff and plans to make it into a feature film. It’s a great read, I hope it translates well onto the big screen. Check out the synopsis below.

Synopsis:

Jane Charlotte has been arrested for murder. She tells police that she is a member of a secret organization devoted to fighting evil; her division is called “The Department for the Final Disposition of Irredeemable Persons”—“Bad Monkeys” for short. This confession earns Jane a trip to the jail’s psychiatric wing, where a doctor attempts to determine whether she is lying, crazy—or playing a different game altogether.