Gold Circle topper Paul Brooks and Andrew Trapani of Integrated Films & Management will produce along with Wendy Rhoads under her first-look deal with Gold Circle. The movie will recount the true story of a family forced to relocate near a clinic where their teenage son was being treated for cancer. Separately, Metcalfe penned "Kalifornia" and wrote and directed "Killer: A Journal of Murder," a crime thriller executive produced by Oliver Stone, while Simon was behind "The American Nightmare," a documentary on horror flicks.

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