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Feb 29, 2000.  This morning David O'Neal made a guest appearance on the Mike Siegel Show at KIRO in Seattle.  The hour-long discussion moved quickly and touched such diverse subjects as violence in America, O'Neal's Vietnam War experience and how that affected his novels and their characters, plus the growing interest for films to be made from his trilogy.

Jan 21, 2000.  Producer Ralph Riskin has acquired the film rights to David O'Neal's "The Dying Game" trilogy from Pacific Coast Press in a low-six-figure deal.  Nabbed are suspense-thrillers "What Goes Around", "The Pact With Bruno" and "Choosing To Kill".  Riskin plans to film the three stories under his Rebecca Inc. banner. 

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Jan 10, 2000.   Ralph Riskin, best known for producing the cult classic TV series, The Dukes of Hazard, has acquired the film rights to David O'Neal's The Dying Game trilogy from Pacific Coast Press.

The three O'Neal novels Riskin acquired in the low six-figure deal were What Goes Around, The Pact With Bruno and the recently released Choosing to Kill.  All three of the suspense-thrillers revolve around O'Neal's fictional character Doug Carlson. 

Riskin plans to film the three stories under his Rebecca, Inc. banner with the initial film What Goes Around to launch the trilogy

Jan 1, 2000.  Fool Me Twice, a novel of betrayal, denial and renewal, the 4th novel in the Doug Carlson Series is expected to be released in the fall.