SHOPGIRL Steve Martin (Theia, $10.95) Lakeshore Entertainment (Runaway Bride) has optioned Martin's novella about a Los Angeles Neiman Marcus shopgirl and the two loves in her life. Martin will star in the movie.
THE SPEED OF LIGHT Elizabeth Rosner (Ballantine, $23.95) Gillian Anderson (The House of Mirth) has optioned Rosner's novel about children of a Holocaust survivor. The adaptation will mark Anderson's feature directorial debut.
THE CRUSADER Michael Alexander Eisner (Doubleday, $24.95) Not to be confused with the Disney giant, the author has sold rights to his historical novel to Nicolas Cage's production company, Saturn Films.

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