The Tracking Board’s Daily Debrief (11.08.16)

The Launch Pad Manuscript Competition in Partnership With Ridley Scott is Thrilled to Announce the Top 25 Manuscripts of 2016.

Following months of reading submissions that originated from several countries and genres, we, alongside our partners Ridley Scott, Inkshares, and Energy Entertainment, are incredibly proud to announce the third round of finalists in our inaugural Launch Pad Manuscript Competition.

French Director Pierre Teulieres Signs With UTA and Magnet Management

French filmmaker Pierre Teulières has signed with Mike Esola at UTA and Jon Kanak at Magnet Management after a competitive signing process reached its conclusion.

Evan Goldberg & Seth Rogen Set Up Single-Camera Comedies at Fox & ABC

Sausage Party and Preacher producers Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen are ready to add more projects on their list. Their production banner, Point Grey Pictures, has set up two comedies through Sony Pictures TV at Fox and ABC.

More New From Around The Web

• Keisha Castle-Hughes and Will Brittain have been cast in the Hughes William Thompson-directed dramedy The Divorce Party. The two join topliners Thomas Cocquerel, Matilda Lutz, and Claire Holt. (Deadline)

• Paramount has announced an official release date for Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible 6 and Alexander Payne’s next film Downsizing. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• The Producers Guild of America has selected longtime television and film producer James L. Brooks as the recipient of the 2017 Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television. (Variety)

• King Charles III is the latest from Doctor Foster writer Mike Bartlett, and imagines an alternate future where Prince Charles ascends to the throne following The Queen’s death. Based on Bartlett’s Olivier Award-winning play of the same name, Wuthering Heights and Peaky Blinders‘ Charlotte Riley will play the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton. (Digital Spy)

• Former Office writer and co-executive producer Warren Lieberstein is developing the multi-camera workplace comedy How May We Hate You  at CBS. Based on the book of the same name by Anna Drezen and Todd Dakotah Briscoe, the ensemble comedy “revolves around the employees at a trendy New York City hotel.” (Splitsider)

• ABC is teaming with Will Packer to develop a single-camera comedy based on the 1976 feature film. Kenny Leon is on board to direct and co-executive produce the pilot, should the comedy move forward. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• The Leftovers star Jasmin Savoy Brown has been cast as a series regular opposite Laurie Davidson in Will, TNT’s upcoming drama series about the exploits of young William Shakespeare. (Deadline)