New Line is in final negotiations for a $15 million-plus deal to buy British filmmaker Gurinder Chadha?s film ?Blinded by the Light.?
TheWrap reports the film is about a 16-year-old British Pakistani boy in 1987 England.
The boy's life is changed when his friend loans him Bruce Springsteen cassettes.
Springsteen?s working-class anthems and affirming lyrics embolden him to find his own voice as a writer.
The boy also stands up to the racism around him and challenge his father?s rigid ideals.
The film's script is adapted from Manzoor?s memoir ?Greetings From Bury Park.?