BOOKS 2 SCREEN PICK Young Frances by Hartley Lin (2018, Adhouse Books) Summary: After insomniac law clerk Frances Scarland is…
Anthony Hopkins Starring in Film Adaptation of The Father
‘Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins has reportedly signed on to star in the film version of Florian Zeller’s play The Father, according…
Clay Traver adapting his New York Times story for HBO
‘Clay Tarver, who currently serves as an executive producer of HBO’s Silicon Valley, will pen My War, a film adaptation to his…
Hollywood Gang options ‘Second Coming’ by John Niven
‘Gianni Nunnari’s Hollywood Gang has optioned Second Coming, the satirical novel by Scottish author John Niven. Italian filmmaker Paolo Genovese(Perfect Strangers) is circling…
Netflix and Dreamworks unveils the cast of She-Ra set to release later this year
‘DreamWorks Animation Television and Netflix have unveiled the cast of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, set for a global release on the Internet TV…
‘Cowboy Ninja Viking’ script getting reworked with new writers
‘In Universal’s upcoming Cowboy Ninja Viking, Chris Pratt will play a man who contains three distinct personas, making him an unstoppable…
Steven Spielberg and Leonardo DiCaprio in talks to adapt Ron Chernow’s Ulysses S. Grant bio
‘Steven Spielberg and Leonardo DiCaprio are in early talks to collaborate on a Ulysses S. Grant biopic at Lionsgate. There’s no deal in place…
Netflix has acquired Michael Lewis bestseller ‘Flash Boy’
‘Netflix has acquired the Michael Lewis bestseller Flash Boys, and Ben Jacoby has been set to adapt it. The nonfiction bestseller is about a group…
Charlotte Hope to star in Starz ‘The Spanish Princess’ from Philippa Gregory bestselling series
‘Charlotte Hope (Game of Thrones) has been tapped to star in Starz’s The Spanish Princess, the third installment following The White Princess and The White Queen,…
Elisabeth Moss and Michael Stuhlbarg set to star in an adaptation of Susan Scarf Merrell’s psychological thriller ‘Shirley’
‘Elisabeth Moss and Michael Stuhlbarg are set to star in the psychological thriller Shirley, to be directed by Josephine Decker. Moss…
‘Dr. Bird’s Advice For Sad Poets’ by Evan Roskos film adaptation finds cast with Lucas Jade Zumann, Taylor Russell, Lisa Edelstein and Jason Isaacs
‘Lucas Jade Zumann (20th Century Women, Netflix’s Anne With An ‘E’), Taylor Russell (Netflix’s Lost in Space), Lisa Edelstein (Bravo’s Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce, Netflix’s The Kominsky Method), and…
Juan Pablo Raba from ‘Narcos’ toplining ‘I Love Zombies’
‘Colombian thesp Juan Pablo Raba, the star of Netflix hit series “Narcos,” will topline black comedy-horror film co-production “I Love Zombies,”…
b2s pick: Prez
BOOKS 2 SCREEN PICK Prez by Mark Russell, Ben Caldwell and Mark Morales (DC Comics, 2016) Summary: Meet Beth Ross, the…
Elizabeth Shue set as series regular on Amazon’s ‘The Boys’
‘Elisabeth Shue is set as a series regular in Amazon’s straight-to-series drama The Boys, from Supernatural creator and Timeless co-creator Eric Kripke, Preacher‘s Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen…
Daniel Freedman’s adaptation of Malachi Ward’s comic ‘UTU’
‘Ego is the driving force in UTU, writer/director Daniel Freedman’s short film adaptation of Malachi Ward’s 2009 comic of the same…
