A silver screen Lean In

SONY Pictures Entertainment has purchased the film rights to Facebook Inc COO Sheryl Sandberg’s bestselling memoir on female empowerment, Lean In, a source familiar with the deal said recently.

Sony Pictures’ Columbia Pictures division will handle development of the script, which will be based on the book’s themes and not on Sandberg’s life. The script will be written by Nell Scovell, who helped Sandberg pen the book. And Sandberg will donate her portion of proceeds from the deal to her Lean In foundation.