Christy Walton
Interesting story recently in Variety. Christy Walton, widow of John Walton is getting into producing financing a labor of love, the screen adaptation of the Rudolfo Anaya novel Bless Me, Ultima.
Carl Franklin (Devil in a Blue Dress and One True Thing) will adapt and direct, and Walton will produce along with Sarah DiLeo, Jesse B. Franklin and Mark Johnson.
Here’s the description according to Variety:
The novel is the turbulent coming-of-age story of Antonio, a youth growing up in New Mexico during WWII. He develops a relationship with Ultima, an elderly medicine woman who helps the young man navigate the battle between good and evil that rages in his village.
I would love to be excited about a woman of means getting into the producing business, but it seems that this is a one shot deal and Ms. Walton will just be financing this film. Maybe she’ll have such a good time and want to make more films. We can only hope. She is said to be worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $23 billion.
Wal-Mart’s Walton books film debut (Variety)
