Frank McCourt, the Irish immigrant-turned-teacher-turned-author whose Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir Angela's Ashes was adapted to the screen in 2000, died Sunday in New York of complications from metastatic melanoma. He was 78. In development when he passed away: Teacher Man, his third autobiographical effort, which Gerard Butler's Evil Twins shingle optioned last year as a potential starring vehicle for the actor. The story covers McCourt's 30 years as a high-school writing instructor in New York. Depending on The Ugly Truth's opening this weekend, look for the project to acquire new momentum with Butler in the months ahead. [NYT]