The Tracking Board’s Daily Debrief (05.25.17)

The Launch Pad Pilots Competition is Thrilled to Announce the Top 50 Script of 2017

Together with our exclusive competition partners Endgame Entertainment and Fourth Wall Management, we are thrilled to announce the Top 50 for the 2017 Launch Pad Pilots Competition.

Gina Prince-Bythewood to Direct Silver Sable and Black Cat For Sony and Marvel

Sony and Marvel have tapped Gina Prince-Bythewood to direct Silver Sable and Black Cat, the Tracking Board has confirmed. Prince-Bythewood marks the first woman of color and the first woman to direct on her own for a Marvel film.

T.J. Miller Exiting HBO’s Silicon Valley as the Deadpool Star’s Movie Career Takes Off

HBO recently renewed Silicon Valley for a fifth season, but Miller won’t be coming back with the rest of the gang. We’ll certainly be said to see him go, but the rest of that ensemble cast is so funny, they should have no problem picking up the slack.

More News From Around The Web

• Eva Longoria is set to co-star opposite Anna Faris and Eugenio Derbez in Bob Fisher and Rob Greenberg’s romantic comedy Overboard, the MGM/ Pantelion Films re-imaging to the 1980s pic that starred Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. (Deadline)

• Veep and Silicon Valley have been renewed for their seventh and fifth seasons, respectively. Both shows will return in 2018. The pickups come midway through their current seasons, which both wrap on June 25. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Sony Pictures Classics has landed North American rights to The Silent Man, the Peter Landesman-directed film that stars Liam Neeson as Mark Felt. (Deadline)

• Conrad Vernon, who co-directed the Seth Rogen animated movie Sausage Party, has come aboard to develop with an eye to helm The Jetsons, Warner Animation Group’s big-screen take on the classic Hanna-Barbera television series. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Universal is moving forward with DreamWorks Animation’s The Boss Baby 2 starring Alec Baldwin. The sequel will hit theaters on Friday, March 26, 2021. (Deadline)

• History is adding another scripted original to its roster, giving a straight-to-series order to Blue Book. The 10-episode drama, from Robert Zemeckis and A+E Studios, will tackle true U.S. Air-Force-sanctioned investigations into UFO sightings. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Comedy Central is celebrating this era of fake news with a comedy special The Fake News with Ted Nelms starring and produced by Ed Helms. (Deadline)

• IFC Films is taking U.S. rights to Lars Von Trier’s next movie, The House That Jack Built, which will star Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman, Riley Keough and Siobhan Fallon Hogan. (Deadline)