Maggie Monteith’s LA-based Dignity Film Finance has unveiled a development slate of four films led by Joshua Michael Stern rom-com Closer To Fine.

The pipeline includes an adaptation of maverick chef Anthony Bourdain’s bestseller Bone In The Throat which Lenny Beckerman and Peter Heslop will produce, Randall Einhorn’s comedy Late Bloomer and Hervé Renoh action-comedy Spy Vs Stu.

Dignity Film Finance aims to finance and produce eight to 10 films a year in the $6-15m range and recently competed coming-of-age drama Theatre Of Dreams starring Ben Cox as Manchester United legend Sir Matt Busby. Intandem is handling international sales on the film here.