Universal Picks Up Sci-Fi YA Novel 'Arclight' for Imagine to Produce (Exclusive)
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Ninja Assassin" scribe is on board to pen the adaptation.
16 weeks 6 days ago via theothersenhman
DreamWorks' 'Shadow and Bone' Lands Writer (Exclusive)
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Christopher Kyle, whose credits include Kathryn Bigelow's "K-19: The Widowmaker" and Oliver Stone's "Alexander," will pen the adaptation.
18 weeks 8 hours ago via donnieyen
John Grisham's 'The Racketeer' Picked Up by Fox 2000, New Regency (Exclusive)
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Daniel Espinosa, who helmed Universal's hit "Safe House," is developing the adaptation as a directing vehicle.
18 weeks 8 hours ago via jetli
Sony Developing 'Oliver Twist' Re-Imagining With 'Dodge & Twist'
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Sony is updating Oliver Twist with Dodge and Twist, an adventurous take featuring the characters from Charles Dickens’ classic novel with Cole Haddon, the creator of the NBC’s upcoming Dracula show, writing the script.
18 weeks 19 hours ago via donnieyen
Robert Downey Jr. Takes Movie Rights To The Superb Black Mirror Episode, The Entire History Of You
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The best Black Mirror to date is The Entire History of You, written by Peep Show‘s Jesse Armstrong. The story’s premise was simple, but ultimately nightmarish, and it was told with just the clarity to make it cut like a knife. If you can convince the web that you’re in the UK – try a Bristol accent – you can watch the whole episode on 4OD now.
18 weeks 1 day ago via theothersenhman
Fantasy Author Julie Kagawa Sells New Book Series to Universal (Exclusive)
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Chris Morgan, the writer of the "Fast & Furious" franchise, is on board to produce.
18 weeks 4 days ago via jetli
Fox Hill to Adapt Andrew Klavan's Trilogy of Mystery Novels
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Fox Hill Productions has optioned the development and production rights to Andrew Klavan's acclaimed trilogy of mystery novels: "Dynamite Road," "Shotgun Alley" and "Damnation Street." The trilogy has been adapted into one feature screenplay, titled Damnation Street , by the books' acclaimed writer. The film will be produced by Samantha Lusk, Andrew Hyatt and Seth David Mitchell of Fox Hill Productions ( The Frozen , The Last Light ).
18 weeks 5 days ago via jetli
Laika and Focus Adapting 'Here Be Monsters' with All-Star Voice Cast
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After teaming up for the stellar stop-motion animated films Coraline and ParaNorman, Laika and Focus Features are teaming up for another animated feature, this time with a hybrid of 3D stop-motion and CG animation.
18 weeks 5 days ago via brucelee
'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' Director to Adapt Acclaimed WWI Novel 'Birdsong'
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The Escapist director Rupert Wyatt became a wanted name in Hollywood after Rise of the Planet of the Apes turned into a critical and commercial hit. Rather than directing the next Apes film, Wyatt walked away to find something else. That “something else” turns out to be an adaptation of Sebastian Faulks‘ novel Birdsong, which Wyatt scripted and will direct.
19 weeks 13 hours ago via jetli
Denzel Washington aims to direct and star in film adaptation of August Wilson's 'Fences'
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Denzel Washington ("Flight") says he's aiming to direct and star in a film adaptation of the stage play "Fences," a revival of which netted him a Tony award in 2010.
19 weeks 5 days ago via jackiechan
Max Borenstein To Adapt 'Mona' For New Regency
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EXCLUSIVE: Godzilla scribe Max Borenstein has come on to write Mona for New Regency. The film is an adaptation of the upcoming novel by Dan Sehlberg, which is an international thriller that merges science fiction with real developments in the fields of thought-control systems and cyber warfare. A terrorist invents a computer virus that is infectious to humans and a Swedish scientist, who has invented a device that allows disabled people to use their minds to surf the web uses that technology to battle the terrorist
19 weeks 6 days ago via brucelee
Warners acquires Christopher Golden book proposal
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Warner Bros. has acquired the screen rights to book proposal "Tin Man" by Christopher Golden.
19 weeks 6 days ago via jackiechan
Fox Picks Up Comic Book 'Mind MGMT' for Ridley Scott to Produce (Exclusive)
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Dark Horse Entertainment’s Mike Richardson and Keith Goldberg are also attached to produce.
20 weeks 8 hours ago via theothersenhman
MGM to Adapt Jojo Moyes' 'Me Before You'
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MGM has secured the feature film rights to Jojo Moyes' critically-acclaimed, bestselling novel "Me Before You" it was announced today by Jonathan Glickman, MGM's President, Motion Picture Group.
20 weeks 12 hours ago via jetli
Ron Howard Attached to Direct Fantasy Adaptation ALL I’VE GOT for Bad Robot and Paramount Pictures
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While director Ron Howard is currently knee-deep in post-production on his upcoming Formula 1 racing drama Rush, it appears that he may have found his next project. Howard is now attached to direct an adaptation of the 2003 Israeli TV movie Kol Ma She’Yesh Li (translated to All I’ve Got).
21 weeks 5 days ago via jetli



