The first trailer for the wonderful looking new children’s horror film (a genre that certainly doesn’t get enough attention) “The House With a … More
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A new adaptation of Hugo’s Hunchback of Notre Dame produced and starring Tom Hollander
‘Tom Hollander is to star in a remake of Victor Hugo’s classic The Hunchback of Notre Dame for ITV and is searching for … More
Playground Entertainment wins rights to The Mermaid And Mrs Hancock.
‘Colin Callender’s Wolf Hall and The White Queen outfit Playground Entertainment has won film and TV rights to best-selling debut novel The Mermaid And Mrs Hancock by Imogen … More
Influential Israeli work ‘Esau’ to be directed by Pavel Lungin and starring Harvey Keitel
Variety reports Harvey Keitel, Lior Ashkenazi (“Foxtrot”) and Mark Ivanir (“Homeland”) will headline “Esau,” the Jewish classic by Meir Shalev. It is … More
Book to Screen Review: The End of the Fucking World
Debuting as a series of short mini-comics through creator Charles Forsman‘s own micro-publisher Oily Comics. Forsman’s raw and violent coming … More
First Look at Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken with Amandla Sternberg
Empire reveals the first look into the new series The Darkest Minds based on Alexandra Bracken’s series. The Darkest Minds casts Amandla … More
New adaptation of Morpurgo’s War Horse set to star Jean Reno & Anjelica Huston
Based on Micheal Morpurgo’s bestselling war story ‘War Horse’ has a new film adaptation that will star Jean Reno, Noah … More
‘The Woman in the Window’ By A.J. Finn to be directed by Joe Wright
A.J Finn’s The Woman in the Window as exclusively reported to Variety will be directed by Darkest Hour director Joe Wright. Tracy Letts … More
Carnival Films developing James Smythe’s ‘I Can Still Dream’
Deadline reports that Carnival Films (Downton Abbey) is developing a TV adaptation I Still Dream by James Smythe. Smythe will be adapting … More
b2s pick: The Great Perhaps by Joe Meno
BOOK 2 SCREEN PICK The Great Perhaps by Joe Meno (W. W. Norton & Company, 2009) Agent: Massie & McQuilkin Status: … More
b2s pick: She Went All the Way by Meg Cabot
You have a charming and funny Hollywood romance. You have a funny sexy female lead, and gruff hunky male lead. The constant jabs and banter between these two is what makes the book. The witty dialogue and deadpan humour literally had me rolling around on the floor laughing.
b2s pick: 2 A.M. at The Cat’s Pajamas by Marie- Helene Betino
Madeleine Altimari is a smart-mouthed, precocious nine-year-old and an aspiring jazz singer. As she mourns the recent death of her mother, she doesn’t realize that on Christmas Eve she is about to have the most extraordinary day—and night—of her life.
Lionsgate buy film based on ‘Firing Point’ starring Gerard Butler-Gary Oldman
‘Lionsgate has bought the action-thriller “Hunter Killer,” starring Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Michael Nyqvist, and Common, and given it an Oct. 26 … More
b2s pick: The Divine by Asaf & Tomer Hanuka
The story sets you up to feel, and goddamit you feel all the feelings. Nature punishing man through a tribe of 3rd world child-soldiers. What the fuck in the best kind of way.
Sarah J Maas’s ‘A Court of Thorns and Roses’ rights go to Constantin Film
Sarah J. Maas’s bestselling YA fantasy novel A Court of Thorns and Roses has been picked up by German producer Constantin Film. The … More
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