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Rick Famuyiwa has signed-on to a currently untitled project from Charles King’s Macro. King and Poppy Hanks are producing the film for Macro, the company’s first film that is focused on projects for diverse audiences.

Bridge of Spies actor Austin stowell joins monster pic Colossal as star Anne Hathaway’s love interest. Production begins next week.

Fates and Furies is a portrait of at 24 year marriage as told from the point of view of the husband first, followed by his wife. It is the third novel from rising literary talent Lauren Groff.

O’Connell and Hoult are circling the roles John Lennon and Brian Epstein in a new biopic centered around their legendary relationship throughout the 1960s.

Weisz is in talks to replace Kate Winslet in the Queen Anne period film The Favourite. The casting would reunite Weisz with director Yorgos Lanthimos.

The Dr. Who and Guardians of the Galaxy actress is in talks for the lead role of a young singer from Glasgow who wants to make it big in Nashville. Suffragette‘s Faye Ward is producing.

Alex Gino’s debut novel tells a progressive story without condescending to its younger demographic. New York Times, MTV, and Paper Towns author John Green have all praised the story, the rights to which are now available.

Marvel is considering Fruitvale Station and Creed director Ryan Coogler to helm Black Panther. The film is set to star Chadwick Boseman and hit theaters in February 2018.

Die Hard Year One is in development at 20th Century Fox and Di Bonaventura Pictures. The new film with take place in the late ’70s depicting the early years of John McClane.

Marvel rumored to be adding another female superhero to the MCU by bringing Brunnhilde aka Valkyrie to Thor: Ragnarok. Marvel recently named Taika Waititi as the new director in the third piece of the trilogy.

Following Jennifer Lawrence’s announcement that she will be leaving The Rosie Project, director Richard Linklater is following suit–citing Lawrence as the reason he wished to work on the project in the first place.

Neal Moritz wins the rights to the popular video game, Crossfire, from South Korea’s Smilegate Group for potential franchise.

Bestselling author Gillian Flynn places her award-winning short story, The Grownup on the film rights market. It is described as “a ghost story similar to Henry James’ Turn of the Screw” and centers around a dynamic female lead.

Josh Gad and writing partner Ryan Dixon will pen the script for the biopic Gorgeous George, the infamous professional wrestler and entertainer. WWE Studios and Great Point Media are currently developing the project.

Last week, ABC Family announced that in January they will emerge from winter break as Freeform. In an effort to guide Freeform through their rebranding rollout, here’s a look at some of the hits and misses in other recent network transformations.

After turning down the female lead in Fox’s X-Men spin-off, Gambit, Rebecca Ferguson is now in talks to join Michael Fassbender and director Tomas Alfredson in The Snowman.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author T.J. Stiles has written an in-depth analysis of a wild and gritting time, starring the complex man behind the mythos. The biography paints a deeply personal story of Custer while still sweeping in scope, proving how much of his legacy is fact and how much is fiction.

The Oscar-winning actress drops out of Rosie, signs onto Darren Aronfsky film, and openly declares her support for equal pay for actresses in Lena Dunham’s newsletter, “Lenny Letters.”

Bestselling author John Grisham is back on the rights with new novel Rogue Lawyer that is primed for the television market. The book is repped by David Gernet at The Gernet Company and they are already looking at offers.

Lionsgate is getting into the zombie business with the help of Double Take’s Z-Men from Jeff McComsey. The comic is one of ten in a new comic universe created around the 1968 cult classic Night of the Living Dead.

DiCaprio’s shingle Appian Way has acquired the rights to a book proposal from Jack Ewing surrounding the recent scandal at Volkswagon. It was revealed that the company had committed fraud, programming the cars sold in the U.S. to show lower emissions when tested.

The novel tells the story of Emma Wood, who is one week out from her wedding when she sets out on a road trip with her best friend, Liv, to find her father who left home years ago. It’s being hailed as a comedic drama with a Bridesmaids flair.

While out stumping for his new movie Bridge of Spies, Steven Speilberg was questioned about working with Indy’s Harrison Ford and Spies star Tom Hanks multiple times. Speilberg’s response sent fans into a frenzy.

Koontz’s next bestselling thriller is this psychological suspense about a woman who cheats death, miraculously recovering from a fatal illness, and then becomes obsessed with finding the woman whose well-being, she’s told, is her payback…

Jeff Goldblum reveals that Bryan Cranston will be joining himself, Edward Norton, and Bob Balaban in the latest Wes Anderson film. The stop-motion animated film will center around a group of dogs.

HBO’s sister channel Cinemax has ordered a script for George R.R. Martin’s Skin Trade. The novella is considered to be one of the best pieces of werewolf fiction, having won a World Fantasy Award in 1989.

Brian Grazer appears to finally be getting his LA Riots film into production next spring as the Oscar-winning writer of the script, John Ridley, has been tapped to take over directing duties.

From Alan Glynn, whose The Dark Fields became the hit film and TV series Limitless, comes a new novel, Paradime. The novel is set to hit shelves next summer while the film rights hit the market now.

It was a big week as development season picks up in the TV world. Let’s take a look back at some of the biggest stories and trends.

Rob Riggle takes a dramatic turn opposite Bella Thorne and Patrick Schwarzenegger in Midnight Sun. Riggle’s most well-known for his work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and his comedic partnership with Rob Huebel.