‘Brad Weston’s Makeready has landed the rights to Gregg Hurwitz’s bestselling Orphan X book series with plans to adapt the … More
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Apple Lands Rights To Gregory David Robert’s “Shantaram”
‘Apple has landed the rights to develop Gregory David Robert’s novel “Shantaram” as a drama series. The 2003 novel tells the … More
Temple Street Prod Acquire TV Rights to Kelley Armstrong’s Rockton Series
‘Orphan Black and Queer As Folk‘s Temple Street Productions has acquired TV rights to prolific Canadian author Kelley Armstrong’s trio of Rockton mystery novels. They will be … More
Universal Options Rights to ‘American Radical’ memoir by Tamer Elnoury & Kevin Maurer
‘Universal has optioned the rights to American Radical, a memoir written by Tamer Elnoury and Kevin Maurer. Mr. Robot star Rami Malek … More
Book to Stage: Daniel Radcliffe, Cherry Jones and Bobby Cannavale join ‘The Lifespan of a Fact’
‘Daniel Radcliffe, Cherry Jones and Bobby Cannavale will return to Broadway this fall in The Lifespan of a Fact, a world-premiere … More
Trailer for Netflix ‘Sacred Games’
The trailer for Netflix’s first Indian original series, Sacred Games, which uncovers the dark underbelly of Mumbai where politics, crime and passion … More
Live Nation developing ‘From Cradle to Stage’ by Virginia Hanlon Grohl
‘Live Nation Productions is developing its first television-series project “From Cradle to Stage.” The docuseries, being developed with Endeavor Content, is based … More
A+E and Truline option Norman Mailer’s ‘The Executioner’s Song’
‘A+E Studios and Thruline Entertainment have optioned the rights to Norman Mailer’s 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Executioner’s Song and have attached White Boy Rick screenwriters Logan … More
Grace VanderWaal Set to Star in Disney’s Jerry Spinelli’s ‘Stargirl’ Adaptation
‘Grace VanderWaal, who at 12 years old won American’s Got Talent two years ago playing the ukulele and singing her original songs, … More
Sharon Horgan starring and producing in adaptation of ‘Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown’
‘Catastrophe creator Sharon Horgan is to star in and produce a six-part drama for British broadcaster UKTV and Irish network RTÉ based on the best-selling … More
‘London Fields’ Trailer
‘Martin Amis wrote London Fields in 1989, and the book’s path to the big screen has been a complicated journey, to say … More
‘In the Cage’ by Kevin Hardcastle optioned for TV with Festina Lente
In the Cage by Kevin Hardcastle has been optioned for film or TV. The rights were sold to Jason Buxton and Festina … More
Kristen Stewart writing and directing Lidia Yuknavitch memoir “The Chronology of Water.”
‘Kirsten Stewart confirms in an interview with the Cannes Film Festival that her first feature-length directorial effort will be an adaptation of Lidia … More
‘Mortal Engines’ Trailer
The first trailer for the Peter Jackson-produced Mortal Engines sees the city of London causing all sorts of global bother — … More
Barry Jenkin’s directing Amazon’s ‘Underground Railroad’
‘Oscar winner Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) will direct all 11 episodes of limited series The Underground Railroad, which has received a formal greenlight by Amazon. Amazon Studios … More
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