The Tracking Board’s Daily Debrief (08.09.16)

Gael Garcia Bernal Stepping Behind The Camera For Mozart In The Jungle Season 3 (EXCLUSIVE)

Gael García Bernal will direct his first episode of the acclaimed Amazon series in which he stars, Mozart in the Jungle. García Bernal directs the third season finale of the series for which he took home the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Comedy earlier this year.

Andrew Baldwin Sci-Fi Spec Genesis Lands With Simon Kinberg At Fox (EXCLUSIVE)

20th Century Fox has landed the sci-fi spec Genesis from scribe Andrew Baldwin with Simon Kinberg and his Genre Films set to produce. The story details are being kept under wraps, but the script is being described as a sci-fi thriller with action elements.

Julianne Moore And Robert De Niro Team With David O. Russell For TV Series

Academy Award-nominated director David O. Russell is taking his talent for A-list ensemble-driven stories from the big screen to television with a new series starring prestigious marquee names Julianne Moore and Robert De Niro.

More News From Around The Web

• David Duchovny took to Twitter to send birthday greetings to his X-Files co-star Gillian Anderson. While doing so he teased fans everywhere at a possible continuation of the popular sci-fi series. (CinemaBlend)

• ABC has made a put pilot commitment to Criminal, a heist drama from Blindspot producers Martin Gero, Brendan Gall, Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter. The pilot follows a con man and his ragtag team of criminals who, after getting nabbed in a CIA sting, are tasked with stealing a number of “long-forgotten relics that could change the fate of the world.” (TVLine)

• BAFTA-nominated actress Irène Jacob is set to join Season 3 of Showtime drama series The Affair. Jacob will play Juliette Le Gall, a new love interest of Dominic West’s Noah. (Deadline)

• Fox and Temple Hill have picked up the film rights to Ben Mezrich’s upcoming book, Woolly: The True Story of the De-Extinction of One of History’s Most Iconic Creatures. Mezrich isn’t a stranger to having his work adapted for the big screen. His book Bringing Down the House turned into 21 and Accidental Billionaires was adapted into the Oscar-winning pic The Social Network. (io9)

• James Remar is set to join the millennial romantic thriller Alter Rock starring India Eisley and K.J. Apa, while Kobna Holdbrook-Smith has landed a key role in Paradise Garage, the Jonathan Ullman-directed film about the legendary New York nightclub that reigned as the world’s top dance music club from 1977-87. (Deadline)