John Doyle to Helm Foote's 'MAIN STREET' for the Big Screen

Variety reports that Director John Doyle has signed on to direct Horton Foote's ensemble drama "Main Street" for Reliant Pictures. Filming is set to begin in Durham, N.C. on March 16th.

Spencer Silna of 1984 Films is producing with Jonah Hirsch of Fixed Point Films. Silna's partners, Doug Saylor and Adi Shankar, will executive produce the motion picture reports the trade paper.

Doyle won a Tony Award in 2006 for "Sweeney Todd" and was nominated for a Drama Desk and a Tony for staging "Company." He most recently directed "Road Show" for Gotham's the Public Theater. Foote, 93, created "Main Street" after visiting Durham two years ago.

Foote's tale explains Variety, centers on a diverse group of residents of a small, economically moribund American city facing the consequences of change.

Foote won Oscars for penning "Tender Mercies" and adapting "To Kill a Mockingbird", he was recently represented on Broadway by his play 'Dividing The Estate'.

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