SUBMITTED BY Timbo

February 26, 2004 — Ridley Scott, currently filming "Kingdom of Heaven", has decided to make his next picture "A Good Year", based on the upcoming book by Peter Mayle.

"A Good Year" is the story of a failing London banker who moves to Provence after inheriting a vineyard, only to encounter a beautiful Californian who has her own claim on the estate. Knopf will publish the novel June 1.

The project began when Scott wanted to direct a picture set in Provence and Scott Free prexy Lisa Ellzey recommended Mayle, the bestselling author of a half-dozen books set in the south of France. As it turned out, Scott knew Mayle: They had been colleagues in the London ad world.

Mayle said he didn't pen screenplays, so Scott suggested he write another novel, one that would be adapted. Mayle wrote "A Good Year" under his Knopf contract after working with Scott to hammer out a treatment for the story.

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