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DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD: Princess Pictures & Anonymous Content Land Benedict Arnold Tale ‘The Traitor’s Wife’

Traitor's Wife Movie Benedict ArnoldEXCLUSIVE: Princess Pictures has acquired screen rights to The Traitor’s Wife, the bestseller by Allison Pataki about Benedict Arnold’s historical betrayal of Gen. George Washington. Turns out that behind the most notorious turncoat of the American Revolutionary War was a wife half his age who orchestrated the whole thing. Peggy Shippen Arnold was a beautiful socialite with a loyalty to the British that led her to exploit her husband’s disillusionment into a scandalous move.

The label will team with Anonymous Content, which is coming off HBO’s True Detective.  There has been a lot of chatter in the press about screen interest on this book by Pataki, who’s the daughter of former New York Gov. George Pataki.  READ THE FULL REPORT AT DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD »

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