Exclusive: Universal Television has acquired the rights to adapt the Rebel Blue Ranch series of books from author Lyla Sage.
The series — Done and Dusted, Swift and Saddled, and Lost and Lassoed – is from The Dial Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Each book follows a different pair of characters, but they all center on small-town romances.
Done and Dusted was self-published in June 2023, then acquired by Emma Caruso of The Dial Press, and re-released in October 2023. Swift and Saddled was published this month and Lost and Lassoed comes out in November.
“Lyla’s Rebel Blue Ranch series of books are an exhilarating combination of fresh characters, sharp humor, and swoon-worthy romance. They’re the perfect example of why audiences, particularly the online book community, continue to embrace the genre so heartily,” said Vivian Cannon, EVP, Drama Development, Universal Television. “We are delighted to partner with her and HopeTown Entertainment to bring the feel-good,...
The series — Done and Dusted, Swift and Saddled, and Lost and Lassoed – is from The Dial Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Each book follows a different pair of characters, but they all center on small-town romances.
Done and Dusted was self-published in June 2023, then acquired by Emma Caruso of The Dial Press, and re-released in October 2023. Swift and Saddled was published this month and Lost and Lassoed comes out in November.
“Lyla’s Rebel Blue Ranch series of books are an exhilarating combination of fresh characters, sharp humor, and swoon-worthy romance. They’re the perfect example of why audiences, particularly the online book community, continue to embrace the genre so heartily,” said Vivian Cannon, EVP, Drama Development, Universal Television. “We are delighted to partner with her and HopeTown Entertainment to bring the feel-good,...
- 3/28/2024
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Permut Presentations and Merkaba Media Group have acquired the rights to Cheryl Diamond’s Nowhere Girl: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood which follows the author’s true story of being born a fugitive.
By the age of nine, Diamond had lived in more than a dozen countries, on five continents, under six assumed identities. She was home-schooled by her parents who were evading law enforcement and constantly on the run. While frequently changing identities and moving to different continents/countries was the norm for her growing up – as she got older, she began to realize that her life itself might be a big con. Surviving required her to escape from her family.
The team are currently exploring writers and directors as possibilities in adapting this story as a series.
Oscar nominated Hacksaw Ridge producer Permut tells us, “I was riveted by this gripping true story and feel Cheryl...
By the age of nine, Diamond had lived in more than a dozen countries, on five continents, under six assumed identities. She was home-schooled by her parents who were evading law enforcement and constantly on the run. While frequently changing identities and moving to different continents/countries was the norm for her growing up – as she got older, she began to realize that her life itself might be a big con. Surviving required her to escape from her family.
The team are currently exploring writers and directors as possibilities in adapting this story as a series.
Oscar nominated Hacksaw Ridge producer Permut tells us, “I was riveted by this gripping true story and feel Cheryl...
- 10/23/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Judy Heumann, a renowned activist who helped secure legislation protecting the rights of disabled people, has died at age 75.
News of her death Saturday in Washington, D.C., was posted on her website and social media accounts and confirmed by the American Association of People with Disabilities.
Heumann’s exact cause of death wasn’t immediately known. She had been in the hospital about a week but had expected to go home, said Maria Town, the association’s president and CEO.
“Beyond all of the policy-making and legal battles that she helped win and fight, she really helped make it possible for disability to not be a bad thing, to make it Ok to be disabled in the world and not be regarded as a person who needs to be in a separate, special place,” Town said.
Heumann, who began using a wheelchair after contracting polio at the age 2, has...
News of her death Saturday in Washington, D.C., was posted on her website and social media accounts and confirmed by the American Association of People with Disabilities.
Heumann’s exact cause of death wasn’t immediately known. She had been in the hospital about a week but had expected to go home, said Maria Town, the association’s president and CEO.
“Beyond all of the policy-making and legal battles that she helped win and fight, she really helped make it possible for disability to not be a bad thing, to make it Ok to be disabled in the world and not be regarded as a person who needs to be in a separate, special place,” Town said.
Heumann, who began using a wheelchair after contracting polio at the age 2, has...
- 3/5/2023
- by Brian P. D. Hannon and Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press and THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Judy Heumann, who helped secure legislation protecting the rights of disabled people and whose life’s story was being adapted to film, has died at age 75. She died Saturday in Washington, D.C., as confirmed by the American Assn. of People with Disabilities. No cause was given.
Heumann lost her ability to walk at age 2 after contracting polio, but fought for disabled people’s rights throughout her life via protests and legal action.
She lobbied for legislation that eventually led to the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and the Rehabilitation Act. She served as the assistant secretary of the U.S. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services, beginning in 1993 in the Clinton administration, until 2001.
Her story was being adapted by Apple Original Films, which landed rights to a package based on Heumann’s best-selling memoir, Being Heumann. Siân Heder, whom Apple signed to a...
Heumann lost her ability to walk at age 2 after contracting polio, but fought for disabled people’s rights throughout her life via protests and legal action.
She lobbied for legislation that eventually led to the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and the Rehabilitation Act. She served as the assistant secretary of the U.S. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services, beginning in 1993 in the Clinton administration, until 2001.
Her story was being adapted by Apple Original Films, which landed rights to a package based on Heumann’s best-selling memoir, Being Heumann. Siân Heder, whom Apple signed to a...
- 3/5/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
After filming the charming and heartfelt “Coda,” set to release on Apple TV+ August 13, director Sian Heder is setting up her next project, and it could be a game-changer.
Initially reported by Deadline, Heder will direct a biopic on noted disability rights activist Judith Heumann, based on Heumann’s memoir. The deal is part of a package through Apple Original Films with Heder already signed to the company in a multi-year agreement. Actress Ali Stroker, who became the first disabled person to win a Tony for her 2019 performance in “Oklahoma” on Broadway, is reportedly being considered for the leading role.
Heumann’s memoir, entitled “Being Heumann,” documents her life and her journey as a disabled rights advocate. She contracted polio in 1949 and became a wheelchair user. From there she became a leading advocate, including organizing the 504 Sit-In in San Francisco, which was a landmark moment for disability rights. You can see the sit-in,...
Initially reported by Deadline, Heder will direct a biopic on noted disability rights activist Judith Heumann, based on Heumann’s memoir. The deal is part of a package through Apple Original Films with Heder already signed to the company in a multi-year agreement. Actress Ali Stroker, who became the first disabled person to win a Tony for her 2019 performance in “Oklahoma” on Broadway, is reportedly being considered for the leading role.
Heumann’s memoir, entitled “Being Heumann,” documents her life and her journey as a disabled rights advocate. She contracted polio in 1949 and became a wheelchair user. From there she became a leading advocate, including organizing the 504 Sit-In in San Francisco, which was a landmark moment for disability rights. You can see the sit-in,...
- 7/23/2021
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
Apple has acquired the rights to "Being Heumann," a memoir about the life of disability rights activist Judith Heumann. And the studio has set "Coda" director Siân Heder to both write and direct the film adaptation.
Ali Stroker will star in the film as Heumann, who worked in the State Department in the Clinton and Obama administrations and led disability rights into the mainstream, and she also appeared in the documentary "Crip Camp." Stroker is the first actress to appear on Broadway to use a wheelchair for mobility and to be nominated for a Tony Award.
Siân Heder will also produce "Being Heumann" with David Permut, and Heumann’s managers John W. Beach and Kevin Cleary of Gravity Squared Entertainment. Judy Heumann and "Being Heumann" co-author Kristen Joiner will executive produce.
Heder recently signed a multiyear overall deal with Apple, and the studio in a record deal acquired Heder's film "Coda,...
Ali Stroker will star in the film as Heumann, who worked in the State Department in the Clinton and Obama administrations and led disability rights into the mainstream, and she also appeared in the documentary "Crip Camp." Stroker is the first actress to appear on Broadway to use a wheelchair for mobility and to be nominated for a Tony Award.
Siân Heder will also produce "Being Heumann" with David Permut, and Heumann’s managers John W. Beach and Kevin Cleary of Gravity Squared Entertainment. Judy Heumann and "Being Heumann" co-author Kristen Joiner will executive produce.
Heder recently signed a multiyear overall deal with Apple, and the studio in a record deal acquired Heder's film "Coda,...
- 7/22/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Apple Original Films has landed rights to a package based on Judy Heumann’s bestselling memoir Being Heumann. Siân Heder, whom Apple signed to a multi-year overall deal in the wake of winning an auction for her Sundance sensation Coda, is adapting the film to direct. Ali Stroker, the first actress who uses a wheelchair for mobility to appear on Broadway and the first to win a Tony for her work in Oklahoma, is being eyed to star.
Heder will produce the film with David Permut through his Permut Presentations, and Heumann’s managers John W. Beach and Kevin Cleary of Gravity Squared Entertainment. Heumann and her co-author Kristen Joiner will be executive producers. Alex Astrachan is co-producer.
From the time she contracted polio in 1949 in Brooklyn which confined her to a wheelchair, and was deemed a fire hazard at age 5 and told to stay home, Heumann has been...
Heder will produce the film with David Permut through his Permut Presentations, and Heumann’s managers John W. Beach and Kevin Cleary of Gravity Squared Entertainment. Heumann and her co-author Kristen Joiner will be executive producers. Alex Astrachan is co-producer.
From the time she contracted polio in 1949 in Brooklyn which confined her to a wheelchair, and was deemed a fire hazard at age 5 and told to stay home, Heumann has been...
- 7/22/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Less than a year after putting up his own shingle, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has picked up another novel for adaptation.
The Game of Thrones star’s Ill Kippers Productions has optioned the just published It Will Be Just Us by Jo Kaplan. The deal was finalized just before Labor Day after negotiations by Coster-Waldau’s Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern attorneys David Weber and Lon Sorensen and Kaplan’s team of John W. Beach and Kevin Cleary at Gravity Squared Entertainment and The Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency, I’ve learned.
“We were extremely excited when we discovered this book,” said Coster-Waldau to Deadline today of the September 8 released Gothic novel. “It is one of the most original haunted house stories that we’ve read or seen,” the Ill Kippers co-founder added.
“Jo Kaplan’s voice is grounded but compelling, and just down-right scary!’ the WME-repped actor stated. “And the adjacent historically-based...
The Game of Thrones star’s Ill Kippers Productions has optioned the just published It Will Be Just Us by Jo Kaplan. The deal was finalized just before Labor Day after negotiations by Coster-Waldau’s Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern attorneys David Weber and Lon Sorensen and Kaplan’s team of John W. Beach and Kevin Cleary at Gravity Squared Entertainment and The Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency, I’ve learned.
“We were extremely excited when we discovered this book,” said Coster-Waldau to Deadline today of the September 8 released Gothic novel. “It is one of the most original haunted house stories that we’ve read or seen,” the Ill Kippers co-founder added.
“Jo Kaplan’s voice is grounded but compelling, and just down-right scary!’ the WME-repped actor stated. “And the adjacent historically-based...
- 9/11/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
The Weinstein Company has moved up the qualifying run of its Michael Keaton starrer.
The Founder opened in Los Angeles on December 7 for one week ahead of nationwide roll-out on January 20.
John Lee Hancock directed the story of McDonald’s entrepreneur Ray Kroc and will take part with the cast in a week-long series of Q&A’s as Harvey Weinstein pushes for awards.
The film also stars Laura Dern as Kroc’s first wife Ethel; Linda Cardellini as his second wife Joan Smith; John Carroll Lynch as Mac McDonald and Nick Offerman as Dick McDonald.
The 16th annual Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival will run from January 13-26 at Tiff Bell Lightbox in Toronto before touring select cities. The line-up showcases the best Canadian features, shorts and student shorts in 2016 selected by a panel of seven filmmakers and industry professionals. Zacharias Kunuk’s Maliglutit (Searchers) opens the programme, which includes...
The Founder opened in Los Angeles on December 7 for one week ahead of nationwide roll-out on January 20.
John Lee Hancock directed the story of McDonald’s entrepreneur Ray Kroc and will take part with the cast in a week-long series of Q&A’s as Harvey Weinstein pushes for awards.
The film also stars Laura Dern as Kroc’s first wife Ethel; Linda Cardellini as his second wife Joan Smith; John Carroll Lynch as Mac McDonald and Nick Offerman as Dick McDonald.
The 16th annual Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival will run from January 13-26 at Tiff Bell Lightbox in Toronto before touring select cities. The line-up showcases the best Canadian features, shorts and student shorts in 2016 selected by a panel of seven filmmakers and industry professionals. Zacharias Kunuk’s Maliglutit (Searchers) opens the programme, which includes...
- 12/7/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Will Ferrell has signed on to star in yet another sports comedy. This isn't just any sport, though. Ferrall, along with Legendary, Mosaic, and Gary Sanchez Productions are going where no major motion picture has gone before, into the world of eSports!
Will Ferrell has been a Nascar driver, semi-pro Basketball player, and even a figure skater. Now, he intends on conquering the fast-rising video game leagues of eSports. eSports isn't like your normal NFL, NBA, or Mlb. Instead, it embodies not just one game, but several including League of Legends, Counterstrike, Super Smash Bros., World of Warcraft, etc.
If you're unfamiliar with eSports and are scoffing at this idea, eSports is no joke. Where NFL players get $20 million contracts that get paid out over 4 years, eSports players can get close to that in one night, by winning championships and earning endorsements.
As for Ferrell's new film, it's way too...
Will Ferrell has been a Nascar driver, semi-pro Basketball player, and even a figure skater. Now, he intends on conquering the fast-rising video game leagues of eSports. eSports isn't like your normal NFL, NBA, or Mlb. Instead, it embodies not just one game, but several including League of Legends, Counterstrike, Super Smash Bros., World of Warcraft, etc.
If you're unfamiliar with eSports and are scoffing at this idea, eSports is no joke. Where NFL players get $20 million contracts that get paid out over 4 years, eSports players can get close to that in one night, by winning championships and earning endorsements.
As for Ferrell's new film, it's way too...
- 12/6/2016
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Matt Malliaros)
- Cinelinx
Will Ferrell is set to star as a competitive gamer in a comedy for Legendary.
The untitled feature will be set in the world of eSports, where players as young as 15 can earn millions through sponsorship and gameplay in sold-out arenas. As a middle-aged gamer with exceptional hand-eye coordination, Ferrell will be playing an anomaly among his younger teammates.
Michael Kvamme and Jordan Dunn will pen the script for the comedy, which is also being produced by Mosaic and Ferrell's Gary Sanchez production shingle. Patrick Connelly and John Beach of Gravity Squared are co-producing.
Universal will handle all distribution outside of China.
eSports,...
The untitled feature will be set in the world of eSports, where players as young as 15 can earn millions through sponsorship and gameplay in sold-out arenas. As a middle-aged gamer with exceptional hand-eye coordination, Ferrell will be playing an anomaly among his younger teammates.
Michael Kvamme and Jordan Dunn will pen the script for the comedy, which is also being produced by Mosaic and Ferrell's Gary Sanchez production shingle. Patrick Connelly and John Beach of Gravity Squared are co-producing.
Universal will handle all distribution outside of China.
eSports,...
- 12/6/2016
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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