Woody Or Won’t He? The most interesting Frankfurt deal is looking like Woody Allen-in progress, though it’s not clear whether it should really even qualify as a “Frankfurt book.” As best we can cobble together, here’s what has happened: ICM submitted a brief proposal on Friday, in which Allen says that “he is a breaker of taboos — the taboo of family, the taboo of race.” He’s also breaking one or two dealmaking taboos, and has indicated that he’ll only actually write the book if publishers give him enough money, without specifying what’s enough of course. HarperCollins UK has officially […]
