Tree Frog
Synopsis/Details:
Cold War, 1966... Giles Yeoman - medical doctor, scientist, pilot - is the opposite of James Bond. He gets conned into missions, betrayed by both sides, beaten, kidnapped, and shanghaied, and he never gets the girl. Still, driven by terminal curiosity, he slogs from Denmark to England to Vienna to the Sahara to learn the secret of Britain's newest spy drone, "Tree Frog."... "Tree Frog" was a 1966 NYT and International bestselling techno-thriller by Dr. Martin Woodhouse: RAF pilot, medical doctor, screenwriter for Supercar and The Avengers, author of many novels. The script was adapted with his collaboration prior to his death. There are three more Giles Yeoman books available. FOX BOUGHT AND OWNS ALL RIGHTS. I have Fox's permission to shop it around, and they welcome inquiries for production.
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The Writer: Clayton Emery
Professional writer and technical writer for 30 years. Wrote 20+ Dungeons & Dragons novels, Robin Hood retelling, and numerous mystery shorts that appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Martin Greenberg anthologiies, Mammoth collections, and elsewhere. One screenwriting credit, "The Republic", filmed with Sean Young and Marc Singer, but never finished. Go to bio
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