Optioned by FilmFour ("The Crying Game"/"Room With A View") when Tina Brown first recognized the significance of the story (in 2001), the film rights reverted back to Tod, with/when the London based film company went into financial reorganization.

Spearheaded by Rowland Perkins (co-founder of CAA (Creative Artists Agency) the film's potential was immediately recognized following FRAMED's UK release (Cutting Edge Press / Mainstream Publishing 2002). Mainstream, leading European publishers based in London and Edinburgh also published 'Catch Me If You Can', 'Braveheart' among other sensational best sellers.

Interest in the feature film:

- Sydney Pollock (The Firm)
- Cruise Wagner Productions (Collateral)
- Steve Soderberg (Traffic)
- Danny Halstead (Oliver Stone's former partner)
- Film Four London
- Ardustry Entertainment (Peter Sahagan)
- Focus Features (David Linde)
- Fox/Searchlight (Tony Safford)
- Meryl Posser (Miramax) etc.
- The Montel Williams Company

The US Edition of FRAMED was released through ECW Press, Toronto, in 2003 and was immediately featured in Barnes & Noble, Borders other well known bookstores throughout America.

Terence Winter, Golden Globe winning writer/producer of Boardwalk Empire, Emmy winning writer/producer of The Sopranos is set to write FRAMED, a feature film based on Tod Volpe's memoir.

A morality tale about the dark side of the American dream, exposing corruption in the art world, Framed is currently in development with Terence Winter's Cold Front Productions Stephen Weingrad and Irina Ginzburg, Weingrad/Ginzburg Volpe Productions, Darlene Winter AGV Productions in association with Harris Tulchin, Tulchin Entertainment.

FRAMED is represented by renowned literary agent Sterling Lord/Sterling Lord Literistic and by Harris Tulchin, Tulchin and Associates (LA based entertainment attorneys).

ADDITIONAL PROJECTS

- "Who the $#&% is Jackson Pollock" New Line Cinema
Don Hewitt, Steve Hewitt - Producers, Harry Moses - Director
The film was nominated for an award in "Premiere" class at the South by Southwest Film Festival in March/2006, Austin Texas and screened in Pleasantville, Provincetown Film Festival, and at HBO in NYC and was well received by all. The film premiered November 15, 2006, at IFC Film Center in NY. Currently shown in Europe at the Deuville Film Festival. For further information please contact New Line (Picturehouse) films in NY.

- "Artful Partners" Stage Play with Steve Weingrad and Irina Ginzburg (producer) on the life and times of Joseph Duveen and Bernard Berenson

- "Neurotica" feature film with Terance Doyle, Producer.

Tod has been featured on NBC 'The Today Show', MSNBC 'The Dan Abrams Report', Channel 9 'Eyewitness News', 'The Montel Williams Show', Montreal Global Morning News, Mystery Inc., BBC, "Between Ourselves", Channel 11 News, Nancy Grace, etc.

Featured stories in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, New York Post, New York Magazine, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent etc.

Tod is one of the foremost authorities on the arts for feature film, documentary and television production. He is available by appointment for private and corporate consultations on the buying and selling of art for public, private and corporate collections.