A 1993 biography of Rush Limbaugh has been optioned for a film, according to Deadline New York.

“Writer/producer James Sclafani ... has written a feature film about Limbaugh's life that is in the process of being packaged and shopped for financing,” Deadline reports. “Sclafani, who recently sold his script Counter Kid to Bill Murray's Devoted Pictures, optioned The Rush Limbaugh Story: Talent on Loan from God, an unauthorized biography by longtime Gotham-based journalist Paul Colford, who currently heads media relations for the AP. The book served as the basis for the script."

Colford tells me in an e-mail: “The book has been a source and reference for many journalists through the years and it's gratifying to see its new life as the impetus for a film.” He calls it “a straightforward and fair account of Limbaugh's long struggle from radio-gypsy obscurity to national influence. The book is informed by access to a number of key people and family members that Limbaugh himself permitted, and Jim Sclafani's wonderful adaptation remains true to the story”

No amount was revealed for the option.