Author Jonathan Ames Adapating His Novel 'Wake Up, Sir!'

Author Jonathan Ames has written in almost every format under the sun from novels to stage plays and memoirs to comics, but recently he made the jump to writing for TV and cinema. Not only is he the creator of the HBO series "Bored to Death" (starring Jason Schwartzman), but an adaptation of one of his novels, The Extra Man, starring John C. Reilly and Paul Dano is already in post-production. The Gothamist reports (via SlashFilm) that Ames is in the midst of adapting another of his novels, Wake Up, Sir! for hopeful production in 2010 and there's interest in a possible film based on his comic strip The Alcoholic as well.

Ames didn't offer any specifics on the two upcoming projects other than that he is looking to do one more revision on the Wake Up, Sir! script which follows New Jersey resident Alan Blair who failed to follow his ...