Mallory Weggemann Memoir Limitless Optioned for Film
Morning Moon Productions announced today that the company has optioned the rights to Mallory Weggemann’s memoir Limitless.
Morning Moon plans to adapt the book into a narrative film showcasing Weggemann’s extraordinary journey to becoming a three-time Paralympic gold medalist in swimming and global champion of disability advocacy. The film will be produced by Ethan Lazar (Percy vs. Goliath, The Witch), Kyle Owens, and Austen Rydell. Executive Producers are Mallory Weggemann, Jeremy Snyder, and Peter Friedland.
Limitless, written by five-time Paralympic swimming medalist Mallory Weggemann, follows the empowering journey of the athlete’s life after a routine epidural injection for back pain left her paralyzed from the waist down at 18 years old.
“Limitless serves as a reminder that, while we all navigate through circumstance, we are more than,” said Mallory Weggemann. “It is about empowering others to honor their own journey and realize that our ‘now’ doesn’t define what’s to come. I’m proud that my story can act as a beacon of hope for others while bringing awareness to the importance of representation in our society.”
Refusing to allow circumstance to define her, Weggemann–who grew up swimming competitively–returned to the water mere months after her injury and discovered a place of sanctuary and healing, both physically and emotionally. In the pool she found her strength and realized that paralysis didn’t mark the end of her dreams and ambitions…it ignited new ones.
Less than two years later, Mallory Weggemann broke eight world records. By the 2012 Paralympic Games, just four years after her paralysis, she held 15 world records and 34 American records. Weggemann would go on to become a recipient of an ESPY Award and compete in both the Rio and Tokyo Paralympic Games, winning a total of five Paralympic medals.
The memoir, published by Thomas Nelson, has since garnered critical acclaim.
Additionally, Mallory Weggemann’s documentary Watershed, produced by TFA Group in association with Morning Moon, is slated to finish post-production in the summer of 2022. Ethan Lazar, Kyle Owens, and Austen Rydell serve as Executive Producers alongside Mallory Weggemann and Jeremy Snyder. Cinetic Media is the exclusive sales agency of Watershed.