So he isn't any ordinary freshman it turns out, but rather the son of Peter Baker, NYTimes chief White House correspondent, and New Yorker columnist Susan B Glasser. And during his freshman year at Stanford he took down the president of the university. Incredible.
Resolves YES if the kid sells the movie rights to this story before the end of 2024.
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3.00Resolves YES AFAICT.
Warner Bros and producer Amy Pascal have emerged victorious in a spirited book-rights auction for How to Rule the World: Yacht Parties, Culture Wars and the Downfall of a President at Stanford. Written by Theo Baker ... published by Penguin Press/Penguin Random House.
Sony, Amazon, and A24 were also in the hunt for the book. CAA brokered the deal.
Baker... signed the book deal with Penguin Press according to Page Six. Baker’s book will be titled “How to Rule the World: Yacht Parties, Culture Wars and the Downfall of a President at Stanford,” according to Deadline. Warner Bros and producer Amy Pascal — who has also produced several Spider-Man movies — won the rights to the book, Deadline also reported. - https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2023/11/12/around-town-siblings-reunite-an-electricity-milestone-and-a-stanford-students-book-deal/