According to Deadline, Steven Spielberg has secured the rights to produce a new film based on the classic John Steinbeck novel, The Grapes of Wrath. The original 1940 film adaptation starring Henry Fonda won two Academy Awards and has become a classic American film. The book tells the tragic story of a family traveling westward from the Dust Bowl, across the United States in an effort to find work during the Great Depression. Next year is the 75th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel …
