The Tracking Board’s Daily Debrief (03.07.17)

Biopic Drama Script Wyler From Michael Moskowitz Earns TB Recommends (EXCLUSIVE)

We are excited to announce the feature script Wyler from Michael Moskowitz is the latest to earn the TB Recommends Honor from the Tracking Board. The feature script, is a Hollywood biopic that is sure to get the attention of people across the industry.

Mandy Moore Set For Adaptation of YA Trilogy Darkest Minds

Golden Globe-nominated This is Us actress Mandy Moore is stepping into the world of YA novel adaptations with the forthcoming Darkest Minds. Moore is set to join Amandla Stenberg in the sci-fi thriller based on Alexandra Bracken’s YA trilogy, the Tracking Board has confirmed.

Jason Isaacs Promoted to Starfleet Captain in
Star Trek: Discovery

The upcoming CBS All Access Star Trek spinoff series Star Trek Discovery has found its captain in British actor Jason Isaacs. He will be playing Captain Lorca, at the helm of the Starship Discovery.

More News From Around The Web

• On the heels of collecting six Oscars for La La Land, director Damien Chazelle and Ryan Gosling’s film about NASA’s mission to land a man on the moon centering around Neil Armstrong has scored a release date. (Deadline)

• Eva Green is in talks to star in Tim Burton’s Dumbo, the live-action adaptation of the 1941 animated classic for Disney. This would mark the third collaboration between Green and Burton with the first two being Dark Shadows and Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children. (Deadline)

• Greg Berlanti’s teen drama Riverdale has nabbed an early green light for a second season. The noir-ish TV treatment of characters from the classic Archie Comics stories joins seven other series already set to return for the 2017-18 season — four of which also come from Berlanti Productions. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• The cast for David Raymond’s psychological thriller Nomis has been rounded out with Stanley Tucci, Nathan Fillion, Minka Kelly, Brendan Fletcher and Mpho Koaho. They join Henry Cavill, Ben Kingsley and Alexandra Daddario, who are starring in the film about an American police force that traps an online predator, only to realize the depth of his crimes goes far beyond anything anticipated. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Director Anthony Hemingway, known for helming episodes of Underground, American Crime Story and Empire, has signed on to helm indie Bury the Lead. The journalism drama, written by Justin Kremer, was on the 2013 Black List. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Aquaman‘s Jason Momoa has signed on to star in a feature film based on the popular Square Enix video game Just Cause. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World director Brad Peyton is set to helm the pic from a screenplay by John Collee. (Deadline)

• T.J. Miller is in final negotiations to join Kristen Stewart in the deep-sea thriller Underwater. He would also join Game of Thrones and The Force Awakens actress Jessica Henwick. (Variety)

• Uma Thurman and Siobhan Fallon Hogan are reuniting with Danish helmer Lars Von Trier for his upcoming feature The House That Jack Built. Thurman and Hogan join the rank of unfortunate women who encounter serial killer Jack, played by Matt Dillon. (Deadline)

• The visitation of the Virgin Mary in a small town in Mexico and the subsequent push by a humble man named Juan Diego to get a temple erected in her name is being brought to the big screen, courtesy of screenwriter Joe Eszterhas and Roma Downey and Mark Burnett’s LightWorkers Media. (Deadline)