Quinn is the independent video game developer who was targeted online when a blog post by her ex-boyfriend went viral, sparking the widely-discussed Gamergate controversy, said The Hollywood Reporter.
Quinn fought back, thus starting a conversation about the violent sexism in the gaming industry.
57-year-old Pascal knows a thing or two about internet bullies, having been one of the targets in a cyber attack on Sony Studios when she was the sitting co-chairperson.
She will finance and produce the film under her Pascal Pictures banner, which is based at Sony Entertainment, with Entertainment 360.
The memoir sold to Touchstone/Simon and Schuster,will be released on September 15, 2016.
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