A Norman Rockwell film is in the works. "Our Neighbor, Norman” will be based on the 2009 memoir, The Unknown Rockwell, written by Nan O'Brien and James Edgerton, whose family lived next door to the Americana icon for a decade during the forties and fifties. With a script currently being drafted by Matthew Miele, this project will stand in direct contrast to a more recent, and controversial, look at Rockwell’s life: Deborah Solomon’s American Mirror, which notes unexpected forces in the artist’s life and work. [via The Berkshire Eagle]

The requisite post-presidential memoirs from President Obama could command up to $20 million dollars, according to a profile on the man himself in this week’s New Yorker. In the David Remnick–penned article, literary agent Andrew Wylie went on record with his guestimate, and then made one even better: First Lady Michelle Obama, Wylie says, is likely to be offered $12 million for her own autobiography -- which she is currently writing. [via SF Gate]

Sultry songstress turned reality TV show star Toni Braxton has signed on with a HarperCollins imprint to write the story of her life. Her story is a rich one, filled with larger-than-life life challenges and triumphs: her memoir will includes details on winning a Grammy award, raising an autistic child and living with lupus, along with the creative ins and out of working on timeless hit songs like “Unbreak my Heart,” and her well received reality show "Braxton Family Values." [via The Star Tribune]

Due to disagreements with the family of Dr. King Jr., Oliver Stone has parted ways with the Dreamworks-headed team charged with making a biopic of the U.S. civil rights leader a reality. Stone, whose previous work is a reflection of his lifelong insistence on no-holds-barred, history-is-complicated-and-human storytelling, was an interesting choice from the start -- and his tweets on his break with the project read just as we’d expect. “The script dealt w/ issues of adultery, conflicts within the movement, and King’s spiritual transformation into a higher, more radical being,” he wrote soon after the split last friday. [via NewsOne]