New Line Cinema is looking to bring to screen the bizarre tale of an ice cream van driver rivalry in Salem, Ore that ended in chaos (via The Hollywood Reporter); from price slashing, tailgating, to arson.
Andrew Lazar is also producing, who previously helped bring to screen true-life tales American Sniper and I Love You Phillip Morris.
Bearman, for example, penned the piece which provided initial inspiration for Ben Affleck’s Oscar-winning Argo.
A turf war pitched between family man Dennis Roeper and aspiring entrepreneur and Mexican immigrant Efrain Escobar, it threatened to destroy the most important thing there is in the world: the joy of ice cream.