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The long-in-development Clue remake from Hasbro has landed at 20th Century Fox. The story is expected to move out of the parlor and make it a game of “worldwide mystery” with action-adventure elements.
LeFauve has been tapped to breathe new life in Beached, a family comedy for Disney. The project, which has been in development for nearly two decades, was originally written by Ocean’s Eleven scribe Ted Griffin and previously set up at Fox 2000.
David Bruckner is set to write and direct The Ritual, an adaptation of the award-winning horror novel by Adam Nevill for Andy Serkis’s The Imaginarium. Rafe Spall, Robert James-Collier, and Sam Troughton are attached to star.
Novelist and screenwriter Ellen Shanman is set to adapt Tiger & Bunny for Imagine Entertainment. The English-language live action feature film is based on the hit Japanese anime series and feature films.
I, Frankenstein writer-director Stuart Beattie has been brought on to adapt the illustrated novel Fall of Gods for 20th Century Fox. The Maze Runner helmer Wes Ball is set to direct the fantasy epic, which has a Braveheart-esque angle on classic Norse gods and mythology.
The Vince Vaughn-starring actioner has added three to its cast as it heads closer to production: Udo Kier, Fred Melamed, and Geno Segers will join Vaughn and previously cast Don Johnson in the thriller from Hit List alum S. Craig Zahler.
20th Century Fox has landed the sci-fi spec Genesis from scribe Andrew Baldwin with Simon Kinberg and his Genre Films set to produce. The story details are being kept under wraps, but the script is being described as a sci-fi thriller with action elements.
Gael García Bernal will direct his first episode of the acclaimed Amazon series in which he stars, Mozart in the Jungle. García Bernal directs the third season finale of the series for which he took home the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Comedy earlier this year.
Lionsgate has picked up an untitled comedy pitch from Broken Lizard founding member Steve Lemme. Brett Ratner will produce through his RatPac Entertainment with Russell Simmons of Def Pictures.
Josh Charles is starring in the high school basketball drama Amateur. Ryan Koo is directing from his own script, which is also based on his 2013 short film of the same name.
Shrek helmer Andrew Adamson is in talks to direct and co-write a live-action adaptation of Curious George for Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment based on the children’s books by Margret and H.A. Rey.
Lakeshore Entertainment has acquired the spec The Wedding Year from screenwriter Donald Diego. The story is about a female millennial who isn’t sure she is the marrying type and has her relationship and commitment issues put to the test when she is invited to 15 weddings in the same year.
Sony Pictures and Misher Films are moving forward with a remake of the 2011 Mexican crime drama Miss Bala from director Gerardo Naranjo. Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer is set to adapt the screenplay, based on the original script by Naranjo and Mauricio Katz.
The Three Misfortunes of Gepetto scribe Michael Vukadinovich has been tapped to write a fresh take on the beloved children’s classic The Phantom Tollbooth for Tristar Pictures. The book, first published in 1961, was written by Norton Juster and illustrated by Jules Feiffer.
Rebel Wilson is attached to star in the MGM remake of the classic comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Jac Schaeffer, who wrote the Black List script The Shower, is penning the screenplay.
The Amy Adams dramedy An Object of Beauty has tapped screenwriter Mike Goldbach to adapt Steve Martin’s 2010 book. Goldbach inherits the writing duties from scribe Ned Benson, who penned the first draft of the adaptation.
Mark Wahlberg is attached to star in the thriller Home Invasion for Paramount Pictures. He’ll produce with Stephen Levinson through Leverage Management. The film re-teams Wahlberg with Contraband scribe Aaron Guzikowski.
Annabel Seymour, who entered the 2016 Launch Pad Pilots Competition with her hilarious comedy pilot #1 Fan, has signed with manager Tom Carter of Artillery Creative.