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The Oscar winning actress is attached to produce and star in the adaptation of best-selling author Melanie Gideon’s Wife 22 for Working Title Films.

Jay Asher’s new book, What Light, is currently heating up the film rights market. The YA novel is a follow-up to his highly successful Thirteen Reasons Why, which spent 65 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list and is now in the works as a series at Netflix.

Matthew Quick, author of The Silver Linings Playbook and Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock, has a new novel in the works, the rights to which are already starting to turn heads on the rights market.

SNL alum Jason Sudeikis is pursuing another dramatic venture with his latest project, Amateur. The drama will be directed by Ryan Koo from his own script, which is also based on his 2013 short film of the same name.

Comedian Jenni Ross has been brought on to write the latest draft of Shoe Addicts Anonymous, Universal’s adaptation of the best-selling novel that has Halle Berry attached to star.

Ridley Scott is set to produce the feature adaptation of My Lady Jane through his Scott Free Productions banner. Co-authored by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows, the book is a one-of-a-kind fantasy that bends historical fact to hilarious effect.

Erens’ third novel, which is set for publication by Tin House Books in May, has already landed on multiple “Most Anticiapted Books of 2016” lists, and it’s that kind of praise that has Eleven Hours stirring up some serious attention on the film rights market.

Lionsgate has acquired the film rights to Emily Henry’s debut novel The Love That Split The World. The studio’s latest pick up builds upon the brand established with previous YA franchises Twilight and Hunger Games.

The action thriller from former Marine Betley is being called one of the best debuts in years as it starts to gain some serious heat on the TV and film rights market.

Sea Smoke Entertainment is partnering with Good Universe on a new thriller from Buried scribe Chris Sparling.

Night at the Museum director-producer Shawn Levy and his 21 Laps Entertainment are set to produce The Woods Run Red from an original script by Paul Gerstenberger.

The latest Inkshares firestarter to turn up the heat on the film rights market is author Jim McDoniel’s debut, An Unattractive Vampire. The novel is the latest property to build buzz on a rights market that is still smoldering following the unprecedented sale of Killers of the Flower Moon.

An ancient vampire who has risen after spending three centuries trapped underground discovers a world in which vampires have become pretty, weak, and – most disturbing of all – good. Aided by the eight year-old reincarnation of his greatest foe, he sets out to correct this disgusting turn of events or, at the very least, murder the person responsible.

Avenger Anthony Mackie may be taking a break from saving the world to star in a new indie noir Wetlands. He’ll be working opposite Suicide Squad’s Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje.

UPDATE (3.10.16): Imperative Entertainment wins the war for David Grann’s Killers of the Flower Moon with a massive $5 million bid, making this one of the richest book deals to go down in recent history. Imperative beat out an offer from Star Wars director JJ Abrams.

Universal is moving forward with plans to develop an action-comedy pitch from writers Matt Allen and Chris Borrelli and Fast & Furious franchise writer-producer Chris Morgan.

A massive bidding war is underway right now as some of Hollywood’s biggest players compete for the rights to Lost City of Z author David Grann’s upcoming Killers Of The Flower Moon. A-listers are attached and studios are swarming as the year’s biggest bidding war gets underway!

Rogen and Goldberg will produce the live-action adaptation of Martin Handford’s classic children’s book series Where’s Waldo through their Point Grey Pictures.

New Regency’s adaptation of the blockbuster video game Assassin’s Creed isn’t set to bow until December, but the studio is officially underway with plans for the sequel. With star Michael Fassbender on board, the stage is set for a new action-adventure franchise starring the two-time Academy Award nominee.

After previously signing with Benderspink managers Scott Stoops and David Baggelaar, 2015 Launch Pad alum Rohit Kumar has now been signed by ICM Partners’ Andrew Murphy, Brandy Rivers, and Matt Baldovsky.

The award-winning graphic novel from ComixTribe’s Tyler James and John Lees has hit the market, and the heat is already building around this remarkable crime thriller as it starts to make the rounds.

The Bridesmaids director is set to helm a new romantic comedy with a contemporary twist.

Master of suspense Mary Kubica has a new novel on the horizon, Don’t You Cry, and it’s causing quite a stir on the rights market. With Zoe Saldana attached to Kubica’s Pretty Baby, the buzz around the author only continues to build.

In one of the biggest packages we’ve seen so far this year, Will Smith and Joel Edgerton are attached to star in the Max Landis spec Bright, with David Ayer on board to direct. Let the bidding begin…

Screen legend Burt Reynolds is set to star in Adam Rifkin’s dark comedy Dog Years. Rifkin will direct from his own script, with Gore Verbinski on board to produce.

The Imitation Game actress is set to star in Breathing Water, an adaptation of the 1995 novel Sights Unseen written by New York Times best-selling author Kaye Gibbons.

Zoe Saldana, star of Avatar, Star Trek, and Guardians of the Galaxy, is attached to produce the feature adaptation of best-selling author Mary Kubica’s suspense thriller, Pretty Baby.

When a woman decides to help a stranger she finds on the street, what starts as an act of kindness quickly spirals into a story far more twisted than anyone could have anticipated.

Universal wants to bring out the luster on the 1976 Richard Pryor classic Car Wash. de Passe Jones Entertainment is on board to produce the remake of the iconic comedy.

The Alienist author Caleb Carr has hit the film rights market with his latest titillating thriller, Surrender, New York. The novel is due to hit bookshelves in August, but some around town are already eyeing the buzzy new title from one of America’s most respected crime fiction writers.