Movie News: Adaptations

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Fox Picks Up Crime Thriller 'Narc' With Zac Efron Attached to Star

feedproxy.google.com – Julie and Rick Yorn will produce the true-life tale via their Fox-based shingle, LBI. 7 hours 19 min ago via donnieyen
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Ron Howard's 'The Dark Tower' Adaptation Still Alive

screenrant.com – Ron Howard's adaptation of Stephen King's 'The Dark Tower' - possibly starring Russell Crowe as the Gunslinger - could be moving forward soon. 5 days 1 hour ago via jackiechan
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'The Counselor' Producers Again Strike Fast To Pre-empt Frederick Forsyth's 'The Kill List'

deadline.com – EXCLUSIVE: In a six-figure deal, producers Steve Schwartz, Paula Mae Schwartz and Nick Wechsler have preemptively acquired rights to The Kill List, the new novel by Day Of The Jackal author Frederick Forsyth. The contemporary espionage tale is described as an intricate chess game between a brilliant Marine, an Israeli agent, a teenage hacker and a mysterious psychopathic cleric. 6 days 12 hours ago via jackiechan
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Universal Acquires Victoria Aveyard Novel 'Red Queen'

deadline.com – EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has optioned Red Queen, a novel by 22-year-old author Victoria Aveyard. Benderspink and Pouya Shazbazian are producing, and Christopher Cosmos producing in some capacity. The first in a trilogy, Red Queen is set in a fantasy world where society is divided by the color of blood. It features a 17 year old girl who, to save her family, must assume the role of a long-lost princess while secretly aiding a revolution; her actions put into motion a deadly and violent dance, pitting prince against prince and her against her own heart. 1 week 1 day ago via jackiechan
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Before '50 Shades' There Was Erica Jong's 'Fear Of Flying;' That's Getting A Movie After 40 Years In Print

deadline.com – EXCLUSIVE: Laurie Collyer will next direct an adaptation of Erica Jong’s iconic Fear of Flying. This was the erotic publishing phenomenon to 50 Shades of Grey, selling over 27 million copies worldwide to become one of the top 50 bestselling novels in the publishing history. Donald Kushner (Tron Legacy and Monster), Leigh Ann Burton and Piers Ashworth have set up the project to produce for Blu-Sky Media, along with Mark Damon and Remington Chase (Lone Survivor, End of Watch) via his Envision Entertainment. 1 week 4 days ago via theothersenhman
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John Carpenter Wants to Make a Dead Space Film

ign.com – John Carpenter, the man responsible for such horror benchmarks as The Thing, Halloween and Escape From New York, has expressed his admiration for EA's Dead Space franchise, and even suggested he'd love to bring the series to the big screen. In an interview with Game Informer (via Videogamer), the 65-year-old director compared the games to the Alien franchise, but with a couple of important differences that would help it appeal to modern audiences.

1 week 5 days ago via brucelee
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Stephen King Options Upcoming Novel 'Joyland' To 'The Help' Helmer Tate Taylor

deadline.com – EXCLUSIVE: Tate Taylor, who launched his writing and directing career by getting the option on The Help before author Kathryn Stockett was done writing it, has gotten himself on the ground floor of another sure-fire bestseller. Taylor has been granted an option by Stephen King to adapt and direct Joyland, the King novel that will be published in June. 2 weeks 5 days ago via donnieyen
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George Clooney and Grant Heslov to Reunite with ARGO Journalist on Drug Smuggling Project for Sony; Clooney May Direct

collider.com – Fresh off their Oscar wins for producing Argo, it appears that producers George Clooney and Grant Heslov are zeroing in on yet another project from the same source writer. Joshuah Bearman wrote the 2007 Wired article that was adapted into the screenplay for Argo, and now The Wrap reports that Clooney and Heslov are planning to produce an adaptation of Bearman’s upcoming article “Coronado High.” As the article has yet to be published, further details are fairly thin. 3 weeks 4 days ago via brucelee
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Sony Pictures Acquires Publishing Phenomenon 'The Rosie Project'

deadline.com – EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures has optioned screen rights to The Rosie Project, the global breakout novel by Australian writer Graeme Simsion. The film will be produced by Sony-based Matt Tolmach and Michael Costigan, both of whom were longtime colleagues as Sony execs and get to work together again for the first time as producers. 3 weeks 5 days ago via jetli
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Reliance Developing 'Graceling' Trilogy (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com – India-based Reliance Entertainment is heading to "Graceling," acquiring feature rights Kristin Cashore's young-adult fantasy trilogy as a film franchise starter in partnership with Kintop Pictures. 3 weeks 5 days ago via donnieyen
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Shane Black Offers Update on Death Note Remake

shocktillyoudrop.com – Well, not so much an "update" but more of a "hey, this project is still alive" status report. In early 2011, Iron Man 3 helmer Shane Black was attached to do an American take on Death Note. Black, speaking to Bleeding Cool recently, assured them the project hasn't died with the following quote:

3 weeks 6 days ago via jackiechan
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'Ratchet & Clank' Games Get Film Treatment (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com – “Escape from Planet Earth”-producers Rainmaker Entertainment and Blockade Entertainment plan to adapt the Insomnia Games franchise “Ratchet & Clank” into a 3D-animated film. Goal is to release the film early 2015. First released in 2002, the franchise has been a successful series of games exclusive to Sony’s PlayStation consoles and sold 26 million copies worldwide.... 4 weeks 18 hours ago via jackiechan
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Summit Buys Screen Rights To Runaway Bestseller 'The Shack'

deadline.com – EXCLUSIVE: Summit Entertainment has acquired screen rights to the William Paul Young novel The Shack, with John Fusco aboard to write the script. The film will be produced by Gill Netter through his Netter Productions banner, and Brad Cummings. The logline: In the aftermath of a devastating personal tragedy, Mackenzie Allen Philips receives a mysterious note in his mailbox inviting him to The Shack. 4 weeks 1 day ago via brucelee
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'Ain't Them Bodies Saints' Director To Adapt 'Torso'

latino-review.com – Brian Michael Bendis and Marc Andreyko’s graphic novel Torso is now going to be adapted by Ain’t Them Bodies Saints director David Lowery. The project was previously set up at Paramount (now it resides at Circle of Confusion), but the studio let the rights lapse back in 2009. Back then, David Fincher was attached to direct. 4 weeks 5 days ago via jackiechan
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Fox 2000 Nabs John Grisham's Best-Seller 'The Litigators' (Exclusive)

feedproxy.google.com – "Twilight" producers Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen are onboard to produce through their Fox-based Temple Hill banner. 5 weeks 15 hours ago via donnieyen
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