Movie News: Adaptations

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Amazon Studios Options Ania Ahlborn's Seed

comingsoon.net – Amazon Studios, the original content arm of Amazon.com, Inc., has optioned the rights to author Ania Ahlborn’s popular horror novel Seed – a top seller of 47North – the science fiction, fantasy, and horror imprint of Amazon Publishing. 33 weeks 1 day ago via donnieyen
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'Guardians of the Galaxy' James Gunn wants to adapt 'Thunderbolts'

James Gunn
rss.feedsportal.com – The helmer lists the Marvel Comics title as one of four he would like to direct. 33 weeks 2 days ago via jetli
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Sony Pictures In Talks For 'Little House On The Prairie' Feature

deadline.com – EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures is in negotiations to turn Little House On The Prairie into a feature film that David Gordon Green will direct with Abi Morgan writing the script. Scott Rudin will produce with Trip Friendly. The deal hasn’t happened yet, but they are working toward giving the pioneer family a big screen incarnation.

33 weeks 3 days ago via donnieyen
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Marilyn Monroe Novel 'The Empty Glass' to Be Adapted By Winkler Films

The Empty Glass
feedproxy.google.com – J.I. Baker's thriller focuses on a young coroner investigating the actress' death. 34 weeks 11 hours ago via jackiechan
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Manimal Creator Talks About the Upcoming Movie

superherohype.com – The 1983 TV series Manimal will be jumping to the big screen in a brand new reboot from Sony Pictures Animation. Glen A. Larson, the creator of the show, spoke to SFX about what they're planning on doing with the film and also revealed that he will serve as the film's writer and producer. 35 weeks 1 day ago via jackiechan
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Manimal Movie In The Works. Really

Sony Pictures
bleedingcool.com – While Sony ready a Smurfs sequel and an ALF movie, they’re also working up the big screen debut of Manimal. That’s one hell of a strategy, fellas. I look forward to Rubik’s Cube: The Movie. If you don’t recall Manimal, then educate yourself – for want of a more accurate term – with this video of the show’s comically extended opening sequence.

35 weeks 3 days ago via theothersenhman
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New Line gets movie rights to young-adult novel 'The Raven Boys'

New Line Cinema
feedproxy.google.com – As Hollywood continues its quest to find the next "Hunger Games," New Line Cinema has acquired the rights to Maggie Stiefvater's young adult novel "The Raven Boys," with Akiva Goldsman ("A Beautiful Mind") on board to produce. 35 weeks 6 days ago via theothersenhman
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MGM, 'Narnia' Producer Pick Up Rights to Russian Sci-Fi Novel 'Metro 2033' (Exclusive)

feedproxy.google.com – F. Scott Frazier is tapped to write the adaptation of the book. 36 weeks 7 hours ago via jackiechan
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MGM in Talks to Turn 'One Red Paperclip' Into a Movie

feedproxy.google.com – The story of how Kyle MacDonald bartered his way from a paperclip to a house is getting the movie treatment. 36 weeks 8 hours ago via brucelee
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Waterman Gives 'Brave Little Toaster' a New Lease of Life (Exclusive)

The Brave Little Toaster
thewrap.com – Waterman Entertainment has acquired the right to "The Brave Little Toaster," and is planning to turn the property into a CGI/live-action hybrid feature, a representative of the company told TheWrap. 36 weeks 1 day ago via jetli
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Alcon acquires 'Icons'

variety.com – Aiming to start a young-adult franchise, Alcon Entertainment has acquired screen rights to "Icons," the forthcoming futuristic novel from Margaret Stohl, and will produce the feature adaptation with Erwin Stoff. 36 weeks 1 day ago via jackiechan
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Exclusive: Brad Pitt to Produce IBM and the Holocaust

feedproxy.google.com – Brad Pitt is taking the Moneyball approach to explaining the Holocaust. Our spies tell us that Pitt is developing a feature based on Edwin Black’s New York Times bestseller IBM and the Holocaust, a 2001 book that examined the computer solutions giant’s indispensible role in facilitating the Third Reich’s extermination ... 36 weeks 1 day ago via jetli
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Gale Anne Hurd sets sail with 'Shipkiller'

variety.com – Gale Anne Hurd's Valhalla Entertainment and Australian-based film company Arenamedia are teaming to produce "The Shipkiller," based on Justin Scott's revenge thriller. 36 weeks 1 day ago via brucelee
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DreamWorks Acquires Fantasy Novel 'Shadow And Bone'

deadline.com – BREAKING: DreamWorks Studios has acquired the feature film rights to Leigh Bardugo’s young adult fantasy debut novel Shadow and Bone. Harry Potter producer David Heyman will produce alongside Jeffrey Clifford. The young adult fantasy was published in June 2012 by Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, and is the first in a planned three book series, called the Grisha Trilogy. 36 weeks 1 day ago via jackiechan
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James Ellroy's 'The Big Nowhere' Getting Big Screen Treatment

latino-review.com – Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, garnering heat after directing I Am Love starring Tilda Swinton, is looking for future projects and one of those may be an adaptation of crime fiction author James Ellroy’s The Big Nowhere. David Heyman, producer of the Harry Potter franchise, is spearheading the project alongside Jeffrey Clifford and Maurizio Grimaldi.

36 weeks 3 days ago via donnieyen
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