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Linda Manz, best known for her role as “Peewee” in the film The Wanderers and appearances in Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven and Dennis Hopper’s Out of the Blue, died Friday at age 58, according to her son, Michael Guthrie.

Guthrie started a GoFundMe page which said Manz died from lung cancer and pneumonia.

“She leaves behind a husband, two sons, and three grandchildren who all love and miss her tremendously,” Guthrie posted on the page. “Linda was a loving wife, a caring mom, a wonderful grandma, and a great friend who was loved by many. Thank you and God bless. Rest in peace. We love you, Mom.”

Ken Wahl remembered Manz in a Facebook post. They costarred in the 1979 The Wanderers.

“She was great to work with and I am grateful that I got to speak with her before she passed this morning. Rip Peewee,” he wrote, and...

Linda Manz, an actor known for her roles in Terrence Malick’s “Days of Heaven” and Dennis Hopper’s “Out of the Blue,” died on Friday. She was 58.

Her son, Michael Guthrie, started a GoFundMe fundraiser which announced that she had died after struggling with lung cancer and pneumonia.

“Linda passed away August 14 after battling with lung cancer and pneumonia. She leaves behind a husband, two sons and three grand-children who all love and miss her tremendously. Linda was a loving wife, a caring mom, a wonderful grandma and a great friend who was loved by many,” Guthrie wrote. “Thank you and God bless. Rest in peace. We love you, Mom.”

Ken Wahl, who starred in the 1979 drama “The Wanderers,” remembered Manz, his castmate who played a character named Peewee, in a Facebook post on Friday.

“She was great to work with and I am grateful that I got to...

Michael London and Janice Williams of Groundswell Productions will produce the feature based on Christina Baker Kline’s bestselling novel.

Christopher Monger, whose credits include Temple Grandin and The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain, will adapt the screenplay.

Orphan Train was published in 2013 and is inspired by real events, telling the story of two women from different generations who form a bond in Maine when they realise they share a common past.

The orphan trains placed abandoned children from the East Coast in homes with Midwest farmland families and ran from 1854-1929.

Asher Goldstein and Shary Shirazi will oversee the project for Broad Green Pictures.

Broad Green Pictures will adapt Christina Baker Kline’s novel "Orphan Train" into a movie. Michael London and Janice Williams of Groundswell Productions will produce with screenwriter Christopher Monger ("Temple Grandin," "The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain"). Published in 2013, "Orphan Train" has sold more than 2 million copies in 35 countries and has spent over 100 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list, including five weeks at #1. Between 1854 and 1929, "orphan trains" ran regularly from cities on the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest, carrying thousands of abandoned children to an unknown fate. "Orphan Train" weaves together the stories of Vivian Daly, a 91-year-old Irish immigrant who as a child was shipped from New York City to Minnesota and Molly Ayer, a 17-year-old who is on the verge of aging out of the foster care system in present-day Maine. A friendship develops...

Broad Green Pictures has optioned feature rights for Christina Baker Kline’s best-selling novel Orphan Train. Temple Grandin scribe Christopher Monger will write the script. Groundswell Productions’ Michael London and Janice Williams are producing. Published in 2013, Orphan Train weaves a fictional tale out of factual events. Between 1854 and 1929, trains carrying orphans ran regularly from cities on the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest, carrying thousands of…...

Broad Green Pictures has optioned the feature rights to Christina Baker Kline’s 2013 best-selling novel "Orphan Train".

Crafting a fictional tale from real events, the story deals with trains carrying orphans that ran regularly from cities on the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest,. Between 1854 and 1929, thousands of abandoned children on those trains were transported to fates unknown.

The narrative will follow a 91-year-old Irish immigrant who was one of those kids and who develops a friendship with a 17-year-old on the verge of aging out of the foster care system in present-day Maine. Soon, a secret that has haunted the old woman will be exposed.

"Temple Grandin" scribe Christopher Monger has come onboard to write the script while Michael London and Janice Williams are producing with Groundswell Productions.

Source: Deadline...