Dan Charnas’s best selling book “The Big Payback” is to be premiered by VH1 as a TV movie. The movie is to be called “The Breaks”.
The veteran movie and television director Seith Mann, who has directed episodes of The Wire, The Walking Dead, Homeland is tipped to be screenwriter, executive producer, and director for the project.
Dan Charnas who co-wrote the script will also be executive producer on the project.
VH1 stated:
“The Breaks will chronicle the journey of Nikki, David and Deevee, three friends united by their love of Hip Hop, as they work to make their big mark in the music industry.”
“The Breaks will be set in in early 90s New York. “Nikki Jones is a brilliant recent graduate who abandoned a scholarship to law school to pursue her dream of becoming a record executive”
“Her boyfriend, David Aaron, is the scrappy son of a legendary music producer who is unwilling to rest on his father’s laurels and notorious reputation. DeeVee is an aspiring producer on the hunt to find the next big rapper on the come-up.”
Dan Charnas has worked for Profile Records and Rick Rubin’s Def American Recordings. The Big Payback was originally released in 2010.