Paramount crushes on Diablo Cody, while Lionsgate continues to spin the Perry-go-round!
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Guess who’s stepping behind the lens for the muscle-bound WOLVERINE SEQUEL?
While it may have been an obvious choice due to her Mary Jane Watson-ish red hair…
And it’s pretty damn AWESOME!
Is it Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Javier Bardem, Daniel Day-Lewis or Gary Oldman?
The shortlist of directors for Lionsgate’s upcoming first installment of the adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ novel THE HUNGER GAMES has fast become the must-land hot spot for directors, much akin to how the race for the Lisbeth Salander role was for GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. The project, which is being given early hype due to an excellent sales count on the novel side of things, has also been being the praise of being “the next Twilight, but with an edge.” So, exactly who are the directors Lionsgate thinks can deliver…?
Warner Bros. Television has snatched up the TV rights to Neil Gaiman’s comic book series “SANDMAN.” The series, has firmly established itself as one of the most renowned works in the medium, having been in some form of film development for almost 20 years (the series first began in 1989).
But, now WB, alongside DC Comics (who published the book via their “Vertigo” imprint and will produce the TV series) sees a very bright future in the series, and is in talks with Eric Kripke, the creator of the CW’s “Supernatural,†to possibly take a stab at adapting. While “Supernatural” and “Sandman” in my opinion are at opposite ends of the spectrum, I think the type of show I’d love Sandman to be, isn’t necessarily one that would rake in viewers, so I’ll wait to pass any judgement until we’re much farther down the road.
Prior to WB’s involvement on the TV side, DC was in talks with HBO and James Mangold to develop a show, with Mangold even meeting with Gaiman to discuss the series as a whole, but after a long dormant hiatus due to scheduling issues, that never came to be.
The story of “Sandman†began with Morpheus, the Lord of the Dreaming realm, a deity who personifies dreams, and could work and alter your dreams as he see fit. As he series continued we met the rest of his family, a group who were the bearers of a majority of humanity’s darker emotions; Destiny, Death, Destruction, Despair, Desire and Delirium, and Morpheus’ real name – Dream.
It has been confirmed that Paula Patton has joined the cast of Brad Bird’s MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 4.
LOCKE & KEY has gone through almost every media platform before finding a home that has not only bought it (third sale) but has confirmed to shoot it.
As we reported a little over a week ago, the project, based on the Joe Hill (Stephen King’s son) graphic novel, was originally set up as a film. After busy schedules, and a sluggish move through development, the team decided on a new outlook, with producers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman went for some heavies, bringing on Steven Spielberg to produce alongside them, and Josh Friedman to pen a TV pilot. And, lets be honest, any TV project with those 5 names on it, is already on a level echelons above any other spec pilot.
And that is precisely what Fox thought, snatching up the pilot today, with a commitment to shoot the pilot, and a hefty penalty if the series does not air.
So, ratchet the number of Steven Spileberg TV shows on Fox in 2011 to two, with LOCKE & KEY joining TERRA NOVA.
Hearing JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot is about to go out with a hot new drama spec called ALCATRAZ written by Elizabeth Sarnoff. The project is kept under wraps, but going off the title and previous Bad Robot projects, it’s bound to be about strange happenings on the island prison in the San Francisco Bay. Sarnoff, previously worked with Abrams’ in the last four years of LOST, writing or co-writing over 19 episodes.
There is currently a hostage situation at THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL in Maryland. The building has been evacuated, but we hear there are 2-3 people still being held hostage inside.
Dwayne Johnson has signed on to star in JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH 2: MYSTERIOUS TRAVELS. Brendan Fraser was previously attached to star, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.
It has been confirmed that BATTLE: LOS ANGELES director Jonathan Liesbesman will be helming the 3D CLASH OF THE TITANS 2.
Jeremy Renner has joined Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames in MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 4.
WILL BLOCK and JAKE EMANUEL Give DI BONAVENTURA Work?
This week – Besson takes Hollywood!
1 movie star trio + a super secretive script = ?
Bidding War for the Book — just ended! Bidding War for the Movie — JUST BEGINNING!
HASBRO is currently out to writers to create a “Toy Story-like” franchise film.
Project is currently out to financiers in H-Wood & Cannes, with Lana & Andy onboard to direct & produce from a script they wrote.
Hey guys, be sure to check out the new SPEC MARKET ROUNDUP from Jason Scoggins – now uploaded in the forums for all of you!
Warner Bros. just bought the juggernaut package known as CONTAGION, written by Scott Z. Burns.
Todd Stein’s short story “Tipping Point” has been running around town now for a few weeks of solid pitching, and we’re hearing today/tomorrow is the final day out before the reps start to count the bids (there are 2 buyers strongly circling as of 1pm today) and choose a winner.
A look at the 2008 Black List scripts… and where they are now.
Just in time for Halloweeen, industry manager Kailey Marsh has revealed the top choices for the 2009 Blood List!
Logline: The story centers on an anti-social man who moved his life in the right direction, discovering how to have a successful relationship and learning to truly believe in himself with the help of his best friend, a talking fly
