The Tracking Board’s Daily Debrief (09.15.16)

Michael Fassbender to Produce
The Pilgrimage From Screenwriter
Chris Boyle McQuarry (EXCLUSIVE)

The Light Between Oceans star Michael Fassbender is set to produce The Pilgrimage, a drama from newcomer Irish screenwriter Chris Boyle McQuarry. Fassbender is producing through his DMC Films banner with Conor McCaughan and Daniel Emmerson.

The 25th Anniversary Of Beauty and the Beast and the Merits of Disney’s Best Renaissance Film

Beauty and the Beast is a remarkable film in many ways, as a technical achievement and as an important piece of cinematic history, but perhaps most importantly, it’s a tale as old as time, beautifully told by a studio that still believes in its own wonder.

Spike Lee Indie Classic She’s Gotta Have It to be Developed Into Netflix Series

Spike Lee’s 1986 indie classic She’s Gotta Have It is getting the Netflix treatment. The streaming giant has given a 10-episode order to a TV adaptation of Lee’s groundbreaking debut film that paved the way for independent film movement as well as other black filmmakers..

More News From Around The Web

• Terrence Howard will star in the upcoming Mark F. Kindred-directed drama Rogue, which is inspired by the true events surrounding one of the largest manhunts in American history. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Patricia Clarkson has joined the cast of Bill Oliver’s upcoming indie film Jonathan. She joins Ansel Elgort, who will play Jonathan and his twin brother John in the drama. (Broadway World)

• James Le Gros has been tapped to  play the alcoholic father of angry young Nolan Lyons in Buck Run, set to First-timers Nick Frangione and David Hauslein (director and writer, respectively) are making the film for Tomorrowland Production Company and Intuition Film Productions. (Deadline)

• Sony’s internet TV service, PlayStation Vue, will soon offer HBO and Cinemax “in the coming weeks” — a big development in the company’s ongoing attempt to build a cable replacement. (The Verge)

• Catalyst Global Media has attached writer Chris Boyle, a frequent collaborator with Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire scribe Simon Beaufoy, to its rock-and-roll movie The Hype, about a notorious public-relations stunt. (Variety)

• Fox has given a put pilot commitment to a legal drama from Empire co-creator/executive producer Danny Strong and Jessica Sharzer of American Horror Story. (Deadline)

• The Ron Perlman-Dana Delany Amazon drama Hand of God will end after its upcoming second season. The streaming video service will release Season 2 sometime in 2017. (TVLine)

• Gina Torres has been signed on to join season 2 of ABC’s The Catch as a recurring guest star in a mysterious role. “I will be adding a little chaos, adding a little mayhem, and keeping the leads on their toes,”  says Torres. (Entertainment Weekly)

• Sony Pictures Classics is close to landing The Leisure Seeker, the Paolo Virzi-directed film that stars Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland. (Deadline)

• Syfy has picked up pilots for three potential series: supernatural horror-drama Haunted, the graphic novel-based Happy!, and The Machine, based on the 2013 movie of the same name. (Variety)

• Alex Gibney will turn his documentary Zero Days into a fictionalized drama series. The series is working under the title Stuxnet, which Gibney will executive produce alongside Stephen Schiff and Marc Shmuger. Schiff will write and Gibney will direct. (The Wrap)

• John Stamos has partnered with producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron for a cable drama series chronicling the fame and excess of daytime soaps in the 1980s. (Deadline)