Oscar(R) Nominated Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock Options New York
Times Best Seller 'THE REPUBLICAN WAR ON SCIENCE' by Author
Chris Mooney

    NEW YORK, Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Academy Award(R) nominated filmmaker and

acclaimed television director/producer Morgan Spurlock has optioned the New

York Times best selling book, "THE REPUBLICAN WAR ON SCIENCE," by author Chris

Mooney.

    In the book, Mooney ties together the disparate strands of the attack on

science into a compelling and frightening account of the United States

government's increasing unwillingness to distinguish between legitimate

research and ideologically driven pseudo-science.  On a broad array of issues

including stem cell research, climate change, missile defense, abstinence

education and many others, Mooney shows how the extreme right wing position on

these issues flies in the face of overwhelming scientific consensus.  He

argues that these positions are the ideals born of a conservative dislike of

environmental, health and safety regulation, and at the extremes, of evolution

and legalized abortion.

    Published by Basic Books, "THE REPUBLICAN WAR ON SCIENCE" became a New

York Times bestseller this year and continues to create heated debate and

controversy among readers, researchers, critics and politicians.

    "There was a time when science was respected by politicians and government

officials and when the information obtained through unbiased scientific

exploration was used for the better of society," said Spurlock.  "Today, all

of that is being ignored, manipulated and/or used incorrectly to further

political agendas.  Now more than ever, we need the real answers to the big

questions."

    "I am excited that Morgan Spurlock is taking this project on," stated

author Chris Mooney, who is also Seed Magazine's Washington correspondent.  "I

feel that with his sensibility, he's the perfect filmmaker to capture the true

essence of this book."

    Spurlock will begin developing "THE REPUBLICAN WAR ON SCIENCE" in 2006

through his New York based production company Warrior Poets.  He was nominated

for an Oscar(R) earlier this year for his groundbreaking feature documentary

film, SUPER SIZE ME, and was the creator, director and subject of the

acclaimed FX TV Series 30 DAYS which became FX's top rated unscripted series

for 2005.  Spurlock recently executive produced the film CLASS ACT, which

details the elimination of arts programs in our nation's schools.  The film is

due to premiere in Spring of 2006.

    The deal was brokered by Jennifer Konawal of The Gersh Agency on behalf of

Morgan Spurlock and by Steve Fisher of Agency for the Performing Arts on

behalf of Chris Mooney.

SOURCE Warrior Poets