‘The Breadwinner picked up the jury award and the audience award in the competition section, as well as the best … More
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Hannah Begbie’s ‘Mother’ acquired by Clerkenwell Films
‘TV rights for former agent Hannah Begbie’s debut Mother have been sold to Clerkenwell Films following a four-way auction. The … More
Media Rights Capital Options the Rights to Stephen King’s ‘The Outsider’
‘Media Rights Capital is back in business with Stephen King, its partner on The Dark Tower. MRC has optioned the Stephen King #1 … 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
New ‘Nancy Drew’ Film First Look
‘Production has started on Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase. Here is the first look at It breakout star Sophia Lillis‘s debut in the role. … More
Prior to ‘Fancy Nancy’ Series Premiere Disney orders 2nd Season
‘Five weeks before the Fancy Nancy series premiere, Disney Junior has ordered a second season of the toon based on the children’s books … 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
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
‘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
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
Universal options Catherynne M. Valente’s ‘Space Opera’
‘Universal Pictures has optioned Catherynne M. Valente’s science fiction novel Space Opera, which Marc Platt will produce for his Universal-based Marc Platt Productions with Adam … More
Sterling K. Brown joins ‘Rythm Section’ as it resumes production
‘Filming was shut down in late January after Lively sustained a critical hand injury while shooting a stunt. This Is … More
Disney developing Kate DiCamillo’s ‘Flora and Ulysses’
‘Disney is in early development of a family drama based on Kate DiCamillo’s novel “Flora and Ulysses” for its upcoming Disney … More
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