‘The story of Anna Delvey, the Russian twentysomething who swindled New York’s glitterati into believing she was a millionaire raising … More
Category: Deals
Nickelodeon Brings ‘Barbapapa’ to Nick Jr.
‘Nickelodeon will bring “Barbapapa” to young viewers around the world after sealing an international deal for the new adaptation of the … More
Screen 2 Books: Penguin Random House Partner with Netflix for Stranger Things Books
‘Penguin Random House will partner with Netflix on a worldwide publishing deal for books based on the critically acclaimed Netflix … More
POW! Productions Option ‘Saying Goodbye to Yang’ by Alexander Weinstein
‘Theresa Park and her POW! Productions have acquired film rights to the short story Saying Goodbye to Yang by Alexander … More
Skydance acquires Jennifer L. Holm’s ‘The Fourteenth Goldfish’ for Animation
‘Skydance Media has acquired rights to The Fourteenth Goldfish, Jennifer L. Holm’s bestselling 2014 children’s book, and has attached husband-wife … More
Makeready Acquires Rights to Greg Hurwitz’s ‘Orphan X’ Series
‘Brad Weston’s Makeready has landed the rights to Gregg Hurwitz’s bestselling Orphan X book series with plans to adapt the … More
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
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
LuckyChap Ent, Automatik and Good Films option Firefighters from Jaime Lowe’s NYT Piece
‘LuckyChap Entertainment and Automatik have teamed with Good Films to option Firefighters, based on Jaime Lowe’s New York Times Magazine article The Incarcerated … More
Keshet Int’l and HBO option ‘Rise and Kill First’ by Ronen Bergman
‘Israeli producer Keshet International has teamed with HBO to option the bestselling Ronen Bergman book Rise And Kill First: The Secret History Of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations (Random … More
SunnyMarch options ‘The Gender Games’ by Juno Dawson
‘TV rights to Juno Dawson’s memoir The Gender Games (Two Roads) have been optioned by Benedict Cumberbatch’s production outfit SunnyMarch. The company, co-run … More
B&E Productions Gets Film And TV Rights For Rob Leibman’s ‘Big Law’
‘Filmmaker Mike Smith’s B&E Productions has obtained the film and television rights to Big Law, a legal thriller novel from Ron Leibman. The book, which … More
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