In the two years since, “The Shack” has become a 12-million-copy-selling phenomenon and the biggest Christian publishing sensation in decades.īut unlike Cinderella - at least in the Disney version - there’s no happy ending in sight for Young, or for the two men, Jacobsen and Cummings, he once called friends and business partners.įor nearly eight months, the trio have been mired in a series of lawsuits, accusations flying over improper accounting practices, millions of dollars in missing royalties, contract breaches and copyright disputes. In May 2008, the publishing conglomerate - one of the largest in the country - cut a deal with Windblown Media to market and distribute the book. 1 on the New York Times’ trade paperback bestseller list. The novel sold a million copies for them in the first year, eventually ending up at No. Finally, pastors Wayne Jacobsen and Brad Cummings discovered the book and created a start-up, Windblown Media, to publish it. Prezioso and D’Aiuto also produced the feature film Lost Revolution starring Melissa Leo in which Prezioso contributed as a writer and played a supporting role.“The Shack,” William Paul Young’s novel about a man rediscovering lost faith after the murder of his 5-year-old daughter, started out as a manuscript no one would touch. He has also appeared on such series as Law and Order, One Life to Live and Guiding Light. Prezioso began developing Footprints after his first reading of the poem during an acting class at Fordham University in 1993, the same year he met his producing partner and New York attorney Tony D’Aiuto. Prezioso was also a Motion Picture Academy Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship Quarterfinalist with his screenplay The Action, a/k/a Saint by Numbers. “This initial script is a wonderful launch pad for a compelling and entertaining film and I am thrilled to be invited to participate in framing and helping to craft great story-telling on screen,” said Young.

There is no one who touches the heart as movingly and with such imagination, a one-two punch when it comes to pleasing and entertaining a film and television audience.” Logigian and Flaherty stated, “We are thrilled to be working with a master storyteller as accomplished as Paul. Logigian has been involved in setting up a number of slates at Walden Media, Miramax Films, Jean Doumanian Productions, and Orion Pictures.įlaherty and Epiphany executive produced several other movies including the recent surprise hit I Can Only Imagine. Producing Footprints are John Logigian and Micheal Flaherty, who co-founded and ran Walden Media and served as president where they launched The Chronicles of Narnia film franchise. The Footprints TV series will spans various genres and feature characters who suddenly find themselves at the center of supernatural events.

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