'house Of Usher' Adaptation In The Works

By Steven Zeitchik, Hollywood Reporter Film News
Mon, 05/18/2009 - 9:38am

Indie banner Green Knight Ventures will produce a contemporary adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's classic story "The Fall of the House of Usher."

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