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MGM Buys 'Modern Family' Producer Ben Karlin's 'Things I've Learned From Women Who've Dumped Me'

deadline.com – EXCLUSIVE: MGM has acquired screen rights to Things I’ve Learned From Women Who’ve Dumped Me, the best-selling humor anthology edited by Ben Karlin. Script will be written by Kyle Pennenkamp & Scott Turpel, who scripted the upcoming Get A Job. Karlin is the Emmy-winning former executive producer of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. 2 days 2 hours ago via jetli

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. 3 days 23 hours ago via donnieyen

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. 1 week 1 day ago via jackiechan

'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. 1 week 3 days ago via jackiechan

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 5 days ago via jackiechan

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. 2 weeks 1 day ago via theothersenhman

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.

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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. 3 weeks 2 days ago via donnieyen

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. 4 weeks 1 day ago via brucelee

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. 4 weeks 2 days ago via jetli