1.   Filmmaker Robert Altman saw the show early in the run and optioned the rights to present it at other theaters and make it into a film.

2.   He optioned the rights to his book six months ago, he said.

3.   He optioned the rights to the first novel and has a deal to film the subsequent books in the series.

4.   Now out of print, the film rights have been optioned by My Girl Productions in Florida.

5.   The film rights were optioned by Paramount.

6.   Film rights have been optioned and literary awards seem likely.

7.   Janssen, who studied writing at Columbia University, is also trying to option rights to a book for which she hopes to write the screenplay.