Exclusive: Sony has preemptively closed a deal for film rights to Grady Hendrix’s short story “Ankle Snatcher,” tapping Hendrix to adapt it for the screen, sources tell Deadline. Hendrix is also set to produce alongside Escape Artists’ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Tony Shaw, as well as Aperture Entertainment’s Adam Goldworm.
The first short story Hendrix has taken to market, after setting up numerous novels and original screenplays for adaptation, “Ankle Snatcher” was released in September 2023 as part of Amazon Original Stories’ Creature Feature collection comprised of six original stories written by New York Times bestselling authors, the others being Joe Hill, Josh Malerman, Paul Tremblay, Jason Mott, and Chandler Baker.
Hendrix’s story follows Marcus, who grew up believing his father killed his mother — then blamed it on the boogeyman under the bed. Always leave the lights on, his father warned, or the boogeyman will get you.
The first short story Hendrix has taken to market, after setting up numerous novels and original screenplays for adaptation, “Ankle Snatcher” was released in September 2023 as part of Amazon Original Stories’ Creature Feature collection comprised of six original stories written by New York Times bestselling authors, the others being Joe Hill, Josh Malerman, Paul Tremblay, Jason Mott, and Chandler Baker.
Hendrix’s story follows Marcus, who grew up believing his father killed his mother — then blamed it on the boogeyman under the bed. Always leave the lights on, his father warned, or the boogeyman will get you.
- 3/8/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Pet Sematary filmmakers Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer have found their next project in the shape of survival thriller The Swallow, in which a group of teens are abandoned in a deadly forest.
The duo are teaming with producers James Harris and Mark Lane of Tea Shop Productions and John Finemore of Lost City (Watcher) on the project, which will star Grace Van Dien (Stranger Things).
The filmmakers also penned the screenplay for The Swallow, which previously landed on the Bloodlist, the best horror scripts of the year. Architect have launched for worldwide sales ahead of the EFM, and are co-representing U.S. rights with Verve Ventures. Filming is being lined up for the summer with additional casting underway.
Van Dien stars as Ziggy, who, along with her four friends, journeys out on a camping trip to a picturesque remote forest. But trespassing into an off-limits area,...
The duo are teaming with producers James Harris and Mark Lane of Tea Shop Productions and John Finemore of Lost City (Watcher) on the project, which will star Grace Van Dien (Stranger Things).
The filmmakers also penned the screenplay for The Swallow, which previously landed on the Bloodlist, the best horror scripts of the year. Architect have launched for worldwide sales ahead of the EFM, and are co-representing U.S. rights with Verve Ventures. Filming is being lined up for the summer with additional casting underway.
Van Dien stars as Ziggy, who, along with her four friends, journeys out on a camping trip to a picturesque remote forest. But trespassing into an off-limits area,...
- 2/8/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Chef and TV personality Eitan Bernath has signed with Range Media Partners.
The 21-year-old culinary talent and author first became known as the youngest contestant on both Food Network’s Chopped, where he appeared as an 11-year-old, and on Guy’s Grocery Games. He’s since become a TikTok star, thanks to his many video cooking tutorials, and has translated that fame into a recurring role as principal culinary contributor on the Drew Barrymore Show on CBS.
Bernath is also the founder & CEO of Eitan Productions, which partners with brands and develops, and produces food and lifestyle content. He is a contributor to The Washington Post, Food & Wine, Saveur and Delish and has written his own cookbook, Eitan Eats the World: New Comfort Classics to Cook Right Now.
Bernath has been appointed a high level supporter for the United Nations World Food Programme, where he works to raise awareness about the hunger crisis across the globe.
The 21-year-old culinary talent and author first became known as the youngest contestant on both Food Network’s Chopped, where he appeared as an 11-year-old, and on Guy’s Grocery Games. He’s since become a TikTok star, thanks to his many video cooking tutorials, and has translated that fame into a recurring role as principal culinary contributor on the Drew Barrymore Show on CBS.
Bernath is also the founder & CEO of Eitan Productions, which partners with brands and develops, and produces food and lifestyle content. He is a contributor to The Washington Post, Food & Wine, Saveur and Delish and has written his own cookbook, Eitan Eats the World: New Comfort Classics to Cook Right Now.
Bernath has been appointed a high level supporter for the United Nations World Food Programme, where he works to raise awareness about the hunger crisis across the globe.
- 8/22/2023
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Legendary Entertainment has won the movie rights to Grady Hendrix’s runaway bestseller “How to Sell a Haunted House.”
The studio behind “Dune” took the novel over several bids. The book received critical acclaim and an instant following thanks to its dynamic storytelling — pulling off genuine fright with its evil puppet antagonist, and a deeply emotional story about the horrors of family.
New Zealand-based Māori filmmaker James Ashcroft is attached to direct the project. Ashcroft made his mark in the indie genre space with the bleak “Coming Home in the Dark,” which premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and was later acquired by Netflix. Hendrix will adapt his own novel for the screen.
“Hendrix has created a wholly original creature in Pupkin, one as iconic as Chuckie or Pennywise,” wrote The New York Times in its January review. “Pupkin represents the losses of growing up. He’s the vehicle of an unfulfilled mother’s pain,...
The studio behind “Dune” took the novel over several bids. The book received critical acclaim and an instant following thanks to its dynamic storytelling — pulling off genuine fright with its evil puppet antagonist, and a deeply emotional story about the horrors of family.
New Zealand-based Māori filmmaker James Ashcroft is attached to direct the project. Ashcroft made his mark in the indie genre space with the bleak “Coming Home in the Dark,” which premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and was later acquired by Netflix. Hendrix will adapt his own novel for the screen.
“Hendrix has created a wholly original creature in Pupkin, one as iconic as Chuckie or Pennywise,” wrote The New York Times in its January review. “Pupkin represents the losses of growing up. He’s the vehicle of an unfulfilled mother’s pain,...
- 4/26/2023
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Amazon Studios has won a competitive auction and sealed a high-six figure outright purchase of The Dwelling, an unpublished short story by Aaron Jayh. Michael B. Jordan and Liz Raposo’s Outlier Society are attached to produce. Jordan is potentially starring.
Adapting the mind-bending story will be Aaron Guzikowski, the scribe best known for Denis Villeneuve’s Prisoners and Apple TV’s Raised by Wolves. Jordan and Raposo will produce with Ground Control’s Scott Glassgold.
Several studios bid and put together talent alignments, but it came down to Amazon and Netflix, sources said.
The Dwelling tells the story of a newly divorced father who discovers a house buried in his backyard. He is a former all pro football player trying to ease into retirement, and the hits he took on the field starts to make him unsure what is real and imagined, as things begin to go awry.
Adapting the mind-bending story will be Aaron Guzikowski, the scribe best known for Denis Villeneuve’s Prisoners and Apple TV’s Raised by Wolves. Jordan and Raposo will produce with Ground Control’s Scott Glassgold.
Several studios bid and put together talent alignments, but it came down to Amazon and Netflix, sources said.
The Dwelling tells the story of a newly divorced father who discovers a house buried in his backyard. He is a former all pro football player trying to ease into retirement, and the hits he took on the field starts to make him unsure what is real and imagined, as things begin to go awry.
- 3/31/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Range Media Partners has signed social media star Monet McMichael, one of the newest faces exploding on TikTok with beauty, fashion and lifestyle content.
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McMichael boasts 2.9M followers and over 134M likes on TikTok, with a total social reach of 3.6M across that platform and others like Instagram and YouTube. The 23-year-old New Jersey native initially intended to become a registered nurse, having graduated with her nursing degree from Rutgers University in May 2022. She made the decision to pursue social media full time following the rise in popularity of videos like those in her “Get Ready With Me” series, which has her talking to followers about relatable life situations,...
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McMichael boasts 2.9M followers and over 134M likes on TikTok, with a total social reach of 3.6M across that platform and others like Instagram and YouTube. The 23-year-old New Jersey native initially intended to become a registered nurse, having graduated with her nursing degree from Rutgers University in May 2022. She made the decision to pursue social media full time following the rise in popularity of videos like those in her “Get Ready With Me” series, which has her talking to followers about relatable life situations,...
- 3/7/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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TikTok creator and Italian-born cook Nadia Caterina Munno, known affectionally to her fans as “The Pasta Queen,” has signed with CAA.
Munno got her start on TikTok in the midst of the pandemic, where she endeared herself to viewers with lively cooking videos focused on Italian cuisine and, more specifically, pasta. The creator and chef is originally from Southern Italy, where she comes from a family of pasta and wine makers who were nicknamed the “Macaronis” in Rome.
Today, Munno has more than 2.6 million followers and is known for her catch phrase “just gorgeous,” which she says with flair when revealing her plated dishes. The mother of four has partnered with brands like Williams-Sonoma and Whole Foods and has a line of high-end copper cookware with Ruffoni. Last month, Munno also published her first cookbook with Simon & Schuster’s Gallery Books imprint; during the week of Nov.
TikTok creator and Italian-born cook Nadia Caterina Munno, known affectionally to her fans as “The Pasta Queen,” has signed with CAA.
Munno got her start on TikTok in the midst of the pandemic, where she endeared herself to viewers with lively cooking videos focused on Italian cuisine and, more specifically, pasta. The creator and chef is originally from Southern Italy, where she comes from a family of pasta and wine makers who were nicknamed the “Macaronis” in Rome.
Today, Munno has more than 2.6 million followers and is known for her catch phrase “just gorgeous,” which she says with flair when revealing her plated dishes. The mother of four has partnered with brands like Williams-Sonoma and Whole Foods and has a line of high-end copper cookware with Ruffoni. Last month, Munno also published her first cookbook with Simon & Schuster’s Gallery Books imprint; during the week of Nov.
- 12/2/2022
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sydney Sweeney and Universal are partnering up for a film adaptation of “The Caretaker,” based on the short story by Marcus Kliewer.
Sweeney is attached to star and produce with Jonathan Davino on behalf of her production banner Fifty-Fifty Films. A director has not yet been named. Karl Gajdusek (“Oblivion”) is set to pen the adaptation.
“The Caretaker” follows a young woman who lands a caretaking job on Craigslist, only to discover that the stakes are much higher and more dangerous than what was outlined in the job description.
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Universal won the deal out of a competitive bidding process after Fifty-Fifty and Platinum Dunes, which has a first-look deal with Universal, brought the project to the studio.
Michael Bay and Brad Fuller will produce through Platinum Dunes and Scott Glassgold will produce on behalf of Ground Control.
Sweeney is attached to star and produce with Jonathan Davino on behalf of her production banner Fifty-Fifty Films. A director has not yet been named. Karl Gajdusek (“Oblivion”) is set to pen the adaptation.
“The Caretaker” follows a young woman who lands a caretaking job on Craigslist, only to discover that the stakes are much higher and more dangerous than what was outlined in the job description.
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Sydney Sweeney to Star In and Produce Adaptation of Upcoming Novel ‘The Registration’
Universal won the deal out of a competitive bidding process after Fifty-Fifty and Platinum Dunes, which has a first-look deal with Universal, brought the project to the studio.
Michael Bay and Brad Fuller will produce through Platinum Dunes and Scott Glassgold will produce on behalf of Ground Control.
- 10/12/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Following a competitive bidding war, Universal Pictures has landed the rights to Marcus Kliewer’s short story The Caretaker, with Sydney Sweeney attached to star and produce. Michael Bay and Brad Fuller also will produce through their Platinum Dunes banner along with Scott Glassgold through his Ground Control banner. Sweeney is producing through her Fifty-Fifty Films banner with her partner Jonathan Davino. Karl Gajdusek is adapting the script.
The package came together once word got out that, like his previous short story, We Used to Live Here, The Caretaker would drop on Reddit. We Used to Live Here sold to Netflix in a huge deal last year, and given Kliewer’s track record building up interest in stories on the platform, the town soon got interested in this latest story, with producers reaching out before it could hit the site.
Related: Sydney Sweeney To Star and Exec Produce New...
The package came together once word got out that, like his previous short story, We Used to Live Here, The Caretaker would drop on Reddit. We Used to Live Here sold to Netflix in a huge deal last year, and given Kliewer’s track record building up interest in stories on the platform, the town soon got interested in this latest story, with producers reaching out before it could hit the site.
Related: Sydney Sweeney To Star and Exec Produce New...
- 10/12/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: We are hearing that in a competitive situation, Paramount Pictures has swooped in with a high six-figure deal to acquire the film rights to Matt and Harrison Query’s upcoming book, Wilderness Reform.
Wilderness Reform is the follow up book to the Query Brothers’ first novel, Old Country, which was published this July by Grand Central Publishing.
Wildernesses Reform tells the story of a group of teenagers who are shipped off to a juvenile reform camp only to discover the program has a far more sinister agenda than ever imagined. A highly coveted part in the project is that of Reid, the charismatic head counselor of the camp. The publishing rights to Wilderness Reform were auctioned off to publishers in a multi-bid bake off earlier this month with Emily Bestler/ Simon & Schuster winning out.
Harrison Query, who wrote War Party, which Andrew Dominik is attached to direct and Tom Hardy headline,...
Wilderness Reform is the follow up book to the Query Brothers’ first novel, Old Country, which was published this July by Grand Central Publishing.
Wildernesses Reform tells the story of a group of teenagers who are shipped off to a juvenile reform camp only to discover the program has a far more sinister agenda than ever imagined. A highly coveted part in the project is that of Reid, the charismatic head counselor of the camp. The publishing rights to Wilderness Reform were auctioned off to publishers in a multi-bid bake off earlier this month with Emily Bestler/ Simon & Schuster winning out.
Harrison Query, who wrote War Party, which Andrew Dominik is attached to direct and Tom Hardy headline,...
- 9/15/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Djouliet Amara, Ally Maki and Crystal Fox are set as series regulars opposite Chris O’Dowd, rounding out the cast of Apple’s The Big Door Prize, a half-hour comedy based on M.O. Walsh’s bestselling novel. The series hails from Emmy-winning Schitt’s Creek writer/executive producer David West Read, Skydance Television and Parasite producer Cj Enm/Studio Dragon. Gabrielle Dennis, Damon Gupton, Josh Segarra and Sammy Fourlas also star.
The Big Door Prize tells the story of a small town that is forever changed when a mysterious machine appears in the grocery store, promising to reveal each resident’s true life potential.
Amara plays Trina’ Dusty (O’Dowd) and Cass’s (Dennis) incredibly bright, sarcastic daughter, who is privately dealing with an intense cocktail of grief and guilt.
Maki portrays Hana,...
The Big Door Prize tells the story of a small town that is forever changed when a mysterious machine appears in the grocery store, promising to reveal each resident’s true life potential.
Amara plays Trina’ Dusty (O’Dowd) and Cass’s (Dennis) incredibly bright, sarcastic daughter, who is privately dealing with an intense cocktail of grief and guilt.
Maki portrays Hana,...
- 2/7/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
ABC has taken in for development Candygram, a spy drama from writing duo Katie J. Stone and David Daitch (Shooter), John Wick scribe Derek Kolstad, Rebelle Media (Long Weekend) and 20th Television.
Written by Stone and Daitch, Candygram revolves around a street smart local learns that her unique skill set is exactly what the CIA needs when they set up shop in her hometown of Las Vegas. But although her unconventional methods provide new challenges for by-the-book Station Chief and his diverse team of operatives, they’ll work toward a common goal despite their differences: that’s real life spy craft.
Stone and Daitch executive produce with Kolstad and Laura Lewis, Christy Thornton and Stephanie Noonan for Rebelle Media. 20th Television is the studio.
The writing team of Stone and Daitch have credits that include Netflix’s Splinter Cell, USA’s Shooter, Call of Duty, and previously developed dramas Interceptor...
Written by Stone and Daitch, Candygram revolves around a street smart local learns that her unique skill set is exactly what the CIA needs when they set up shop in her hometown of Las Vegas. But although her unconventional methods provide new challenges for by-the-book Station Chief and his diverse team of operatives, they’ll work toward a common goal despite their differences: that’s real life spy craft.
Stone and Daitch executive produce with Kolstad and Laura Lewis, Christy Thornton and Stephanie Noonan for Rebelle Media. 20th Television is the studio.
The writing team of Stone and Daitch have credits that include Netflix’s Splinter Cell, USA’s Shooter, Call of Duty, and previously developed dramas Interceptor...
- 11/4/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Monarch Media has optioned Leah Kunnath’s comedy script Foreign and Familiar, and are currently setting it up as a film, which Steve Barnett and Alan Powell will produce for the company.
Loosely based on Kunnath’s own teen years, Foreign and Familiar tells the story of a rebellious first-generation Indian-American teen who embarrasses her traditional Indian family, resulting in her parents sending her to high school in India to learn more about her culture.
Monarch’s Vicky Patel will executive produce the project with Adam Goldworm of Aperture Entertainment.
Kunnath’s first comedy feature script earned her a fellowship position with the Blacklist’s Minority Report initiative, and was also a semifinalist at the Austin Film Festival.
Other projects in the works at Monarch, from Barnett, Powell and Patel, include Chris Pratt starrer The Black Belt, which Paul Briganti is directing from the Black List script by Randall Green,...
Loosely based on Kunnath’s own teen years, Foreign and Familiar tells the story of a rebellious first-generation Indian-American teen who embarrasses her traditional Indian family, resulting in her parents sending her to high school in India to learn more about her culture.
Monarch’s Vicky Patel will executive produce the project with Adam Goldworm of Aperture Entertainment.
Kunnath’s first comedy feature script earned her a fellowship position with the Blacklist’s Minority Report initiative, and was also a semifinalist at the Austin Film Festival.
Other projects in the works at Monarch, from Barnett, Powell and Patel, include Chris Pratt starrer The Black Belt, which Paul Briganti is directing from the Black List script by Randall Green,...
- 10/25/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: HBO Max is developing The Final Girl Support Group, a TV series based on New York Times bestselling author Grady Hendrix’s horror novel of the same name. The project hails from Oscar winner Charlize Theron and her Denver & Delilah Films, It duo Barbara and Andy Muschietti’s Double Dream as well as Aperture Entertainment.
The novel’s title refers to a Los Angeles–based therapeutic support group for six “final girls”— survivors of mass-murderer rampages whose experiences inspired the slasher franchises that saturated horror cinema in the 1980s and ’90s, earning them minor celebrity. The book was released Tuesday, July 13 by Random House/Berkley.
Andy Muschietti is set to direct the pilot. Theron, Aj Dix, Beth Kono and Andrew Haas will executive produce for Denver & Delilah Films, along with Barbara and Andy Muschietti and Irene Yeung for Double Dream and Adam Goldworm for Aperture Entertainment. Hendrix also will serve as an executive producer.
The novel’s title refers to a Los Angeles–based therapeutic support group for six “final girls”— survivors of mass-murderer rampages whose experiences inspired the slasher franchises that saturated horror cinema in the 1980s and ’90s, earning them minor celebrity. The book was released Tuesday, July 13 by Random House/Berkley.
Andy Muschietti is set to direct the pilot. Theron, Aj Dix, Beth Kono and Andrew Haas will executive produce for Denver & Delilah Films, along with Barbara and Andy Muschietti and Irene Yeung for Double Dream and Adam Goldworm for Aperture Entertainment. Hendrix also will serve as an executive producer.
- 7/19/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: AppleTV+’s bilingual thriller series Now and Then has added to its cast Jorge Lopez (Elite), Alicia Jaziz, Dario Yazbek Bernal, Alicia Sanz, Jack Duarte and Miranda de la Serna (Before Opening Night) .
The Spanish and English series hails from Bambú Producciones and creators Ramón Campos, Teresa Fernández-Valdés and Gema R. Neira, the team behind the Spanish series Velvet, Cable Girls and Gran Hotel. Gideon Raff will executive produce and direct the first two episodes.
Set in Miami, Now and Then explores the differences between youthful aspirations and the reality of adulthood, when the lives of a group of college best friends are forever changed after a celebratory weekend ends up with one of them dead. Now, 20 years later, the remaining five are reluctantly reunited by a threat that puts their seemingly perfect worlds at risk.
The Spanish and English series hails from Bambú Producciones and creators Ramón Campos, Teresa Fernández-Valdés and Gema R. Neira, the team behind the Spanish series Velvet, Cable Girls and Gran Hotel. Gideon Raff will executive produce and direct the first two episodes.
Set in Miami, Now and Then explores the differences between youthful aspirations and the reality of adulthood, when the lives of a group of college best friends are forever changed after a celebratory weekend ends up with one of them dead. Now, 20 years later, the remaining five are reluctantly reunited by a threat that puts their seemingly perfect worlds at risk.
- 6/11/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In a competitive situation financier Sculptor Media has come on board to finance and produce spec feature The Delivered by in-demand screenwriter Harrison Query.
Sculptor’s frequent distribution partner Open Road has taken U.S. rights and plans to release the drama-thriller theatrically after fast-tracking production, which is earmarked for Q4, 2021.
In the vein of Hell or High Water and No Country for Old Men, The Delivered follows a U.S. Marshal who risks everything to save his convict brother from execution.
The partners have set rising indie film director Jamie M. Dagg (Sweet Virginia) to direct. Sculptor Media’s Warren Goz and Eric Gold are producing alongside Scott Glassgold and his Ground Control Entertainment banner.
The Delivered follows a series of high-profile sales for Query and Glassgold as collaborators. In the last year the duo sold My Wife and I Bought a Ranch to Netflix in a seven-figure...
Sculptor’s frequent distribution partner Open Road has taken U.S. rights and plans to release the drama-thriller theatrically after fast-tracking production, which is earmarked for Q4, 2021.
In the vein of Hell or High Water and No Country for Old Men, The Delivered follows a U.S. Marshal who risks everything to save his convict brother from execution.
The partners have set rising indie film director Jamie M. Dagg (Sweet Virginia) to direct. Sculptor Media’s Warren Goz and Eric Gold are producing alongside Scott Glassgold and his Ground Control Entertainment banner.
The Delivered follows a series of high-profile sales for Query and Glassgold as collaborators. In the last year the duo sold My Wife and I Bought a Ranch to Netflix in a seven-figure...
- 6/8/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Netflix is making a screen rights deal for We Used to Live Here, a psychological thriller novella by Marcus Kliewer that got the town in a tizzy when it was shopped last week. Blake Lively is attached to star and produce with Kate Vorhoff through Lively’s B for Effort banner, along with Ground Control Entertainment’s Scott Glassgold, and 6th & Idaho’s Matt Reeves and Adam Kassan. It came to Netflix through 6th & Idaho’s first-look Netflix deal. Dan Kagan is also producing. Novella deal was a solid six figures and they are tying up the other deals.
Published as part of Reddit’s nosleep feature, the novella has a potent premise, about returning to your old childhood home only to realize it is not quite what you remember. A homeowner gets a knock at her door while her partner is at work. It’s a husband, wife and kids.
Published as part of Reddit’s nosleep feature, the novella has a potent premise, about returning to your old childhood home only to realize it is not quite what you remember. A homeowner gets a knock at her door while her partner is at work. It’s a husband, wife and kids.
- 6/3/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Working Title is developing an adaptation of Bad Luck Bridesmaid: A Novel, the upcoming book about Zoey Marks, the cursed bridesmaid that no engagement can survive, into a movie. Alison Rose Greenberg penned the book and will also adapt the screenplay. St. Martin’s Griffin will publish the book in January 2022.
The book is not a rom com. You’ve been warned. Ten years, three empire waist dresses, and Zero brides have walked down the aisle. And when Zoey Marks turns down a proposal from her perfect All-American boyfriend, Rylan Harper III, she and Rylan are both left heartbroken, leaving Zoey to wonder: what is it exactly about tying the knot that makes her want to run in the opposite direction? Enter Hannah Green: Zoey’s best friend, who announces that she’s marrying a guy she just met (cue eye roll) and Zoey will be a bridesmaid. It’ll be fine.
The book is not a rom com. You’ve been warned. Ten years, three empire waist dresses, and Zero brides have walked down the aisle. And when Zoey Marks turns down a proposal from her perfect All-American boyfriend, Rylan Harper III, she and Rylan are both left heartbroken, leaving Zoey to wonder: what is it exactly about tying the knot that makes her want to run in the opposite direction? Enter Hannah Green: Zoey’s best friend, who announces that she’s marrying a guy she just met (cue eye roll) and Zoey will be a bridesmaid. It’ll be fine.
- 5/27/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In a pre-emptive sale, Sony’s Screen Gems tonight acquired the spec thriller Delilah from screenwriter Harrison Query and his writing partner, Tommy Wallach. The script is in the vein of Gone Girl and has a strong female lead. Screen Gems is fast tracking.
The pic will be produced by Scott Glassgold and his Ground Control Entertainment. Glassgold and Query recently sold their Reddit-inspired horror pitch My Wife and I Bought a Ranch… to Netflix for over $1 million in July, a story authored by Query’s brother, Matt Query. Separately, Query made a big pitch sale in October with Heads of State, with Idris Elba and John Cena attached and Peter Safran producing. Among Glassgold and Query’s other joint projects are a modern-day Three Musketeers at Netflix and Incident at Fort Bragg at Lionsgate.
While this represents Wallach’s first spec sale, he is an author whose novel,...
The pic will be produced by Scott Glassgold and his Ground Control Entertainment. Glassgold and Query recently sold their Reddit-inspired horror pitch My Wife and I Bought a Ranch… to Netflix for over $1 million in July, a story authored by Query’s brother, Matt Query. Separately, Query made a big pitch sale in October with Heads of State, with Idris Elba and John Cena attached and Peter Safran producing. Among Glassgold and Query’s other joint projects are a modern-day Three Musketeers at Netflix and Incident at Fort Bragg at Lionsgate.
While this represents Wallach’s first spec sale, he is an author whose novel,...
- 1/16/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Eitan Bernath has signed on to be the principal culinary contributor on “The Drew Barrymore Show,” Variety has learned exclusively.
The role will see Bernath make recurring appearances on the daytime talk show, during which he will showcase original recipes and his expertise and perspective on food-related topics. This makes him the first notable TikTok star to land a recurring contributor role in daytime television.
Bernath is best known for his TikTok cooking videos, but he is no stranger to working in television. He previously appeared on The Food Network’s “Guy’s Grocery Games” in 2017 at age 14 and “Chopped” in 2014 at age 11. He has amassed over 3.2 million followers across his social media platforms to date. He also recently signed with WME, Uncmmn, Ashley Silver of Brecheen Feldman Breimer Silver & Thompson, and ID Public Relations as he further expands his brand beyond digital content creation.
“The Drew Barrymore Show,” which hails from CBS TV Distribution,...
The role will see Bernath make recurring appearances on the daytime talk show, during which he will showcase original recipes and his expertise and perspective on food-related topics. This makes him the first notable TikTok star to land a recurring contributor role in daytime television.
Bernath is best known for his TikTok cooking videos, but he is no stranger to working in television. He previously appeared on The Food Network’s “Guy’s Grocery Games” in 2017 at age 14 and “Chopped” in 2014 at age 11. He has amassed over 3.2 million followers across his social media platforms to date. He also recently signed with WME, Uncmmn, Ashley Silver of Brecheen Feldman Breimer Silver & Thompson, and ID Public Relations as he further expands his brand beyond digital content creation.
“The Drew Barrymore Show,” which hails from CBS TV Distribution,...
- 12/9/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Idara Victor, Oscar Montoya, Jessica Lowe, Lennon Parham and Michael Angarano are set as series regulars opposite Ophelia Lovibond in HBO Max’s comedy pilot Minx. Additionally, New Girl alum Jake Johnson will guest star in the pilot from writer Ellen Rapoport, Paul Feig’s Feigco Entertainment and Lionsgate TV.
Written by Rapoport and directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg, the half-hour Minx is set in 1970s Los Angeles and centers on Joyce (Lovibond), an earnest young feminist who dreams of producing a magazine by, for and about women and joins forces with a low-rent publisher to create the first erotic magazine for women.
2020 HBO Max Pilots & Series Orders
Victor will play Tina, the publisher’s sardonic secretary. Montoya will portray Richie, the magazine’s recently out-of-the-closet photographer. Lowe will play Bambi,...
Written by Rapoport and directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg, the half-hour Minx is set in 1970s Los Angeles and centers on Joyce (Lovibond), an earnest young feminist who dreams of producing a magazine by, for and about women and joins forces with a low-rent publisher to create the first erotic magazine for women.
2020 HBO Max Pilots & Series Orders
Victor will play Tina, the publisher’s sardonic secretary. Montoya will portray Richie, the magazine’s recently out-of-the-closet photographer. Lowe will play Bambi,...
- 12/8/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple has set the cast for Pachinko, its epic international drama series based on Min Jin Lee’s bestselling novel, from studio Media Res. Production is set to begin October 26 on multiple continents on the anticipated series.
Written and executive produced by Soo Hugh (The Terror), who also serves as showrunner and created the vision for the series, Pachinko chronicles the hopes and dreams of four generations of a Korean immigrant family. Epic in scope, intimate in tone, the story begins with a forbidden love and crescendos into a sweeping saga that journeys between Korea, Japan and America to tell the unforgettable story of war and peace, love and loss, triumph and reckoning. The series will be told in three languages: Korean, Japanese and English.
Media Res acquired the rights to the novel for Hugh.
Min Ho Lee will play Hansu, an enigmatic outsider and...
Written and executive produced by Soo Hugh (The Terror), who also serves as showrunner and created the vision for the series, Pachinko chronicles the hopes and dreams of four generations of a Korean immigrant family. Epic in scope, intimate in tone, the story begins with a forbidden love and crescendos into a sweeping saga that journeys between Korea, Japan and America to tell the unforgettable story of war and peace, love and loss, triumph and reckoning. The series will be told in three languages: Korean, Japanese and English.
Media Res acquired the rights to the novel for Hugh.
Min Ho Lee will play Hansu, an enigmatic outsider and...
- 10/22/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Fox has put in development Interceptor, a one-hour Coast Guard drama, from The Nacelle Company and Kimberly Harrison’s Based On A True Story Productions.
Written by Katie J. Stone, David Daitch and John Pruitt, in Interceptor, a rookie Coast Guard Special Forces team, as diverse as the nation they are sworn to protect, must battle the drug infested waters off the coast of Florida, and navigate the streets of Miami, all while working through the trials of their personal lives.
Nacelle’s Brian Volk-Weiss, Matt Ochacher and Michael Pelmont executive produce with Harrison for Based On A True Story. Fox Entertainment is the studio.
The writing team of Stone and Daitch have credits that include USA’s Shooter, Call of Duty, and previously developed drama Adversaries at ABC via Sony TV.
Pruitt is a retired Coast Guard Captain who commanded three cutters and led boarding parties in Iraq.
Written by Katie J. Stone, David Daitch and John Pruitt, in Interceptor, a rookie Coast Guard Special Forces team, as diverse as the nation they are sworn to protect, must battle the drug infested waters off the coast of Florida, and navigate the streets of Miami, all while working through the trials of their personal lives.
Nacelle’s Brian Volk-Weiss, Matt Ochacher and Michael Pelmont executive produce with Harrison for Based On A True Story. Fox Entertainment is the studio.
The writing team of Stone and Daitch have credits that include USA’s Shooter, Call of Duty, and previously developed drama Adversaries at ABC via Sony TV.
Pruitt is a retired Coast Guard Captain who commanded three cutters and led boarding parties in Iraq.
- 8/26/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Kamie Crawford, the co-host of MTV’s Catfish: The TV Show, has signed with UTA.
The agency has signed Crawford for worldwide representation in all areas. It comes ahead of the premiere of the remotely-produced season of the non-scripted series, which returns to MTV on Wednesday August 5.
Crawford joined the show in 2018 as one of a number of guest hosts alongside Nev Schulman, whose movie the TV series is based, following the departure of Max Joseph. This year, she stepped up to the role full-time and co-hosted the first half of the show’s eighth season, which debuted earlier this year.
The second half of the season, which is produced by Critical Content and Catfish Picture Company, features episodes shot remotely.
Elsewhere, Crawford, who was Miss Teen USA in 2010, has created content for brands including Swarovski, Lancôme and Dove.
She continues to be represented by attorney Ashley Silver at Bfbst Law.
The agency has signed Crawford for worldwide representation in all areas. It comes ahead of the premiere of the remotely-produced season of the non-scripted series, which returns to MTV on Wednesday August 5.
Crawford joined the show in 2018 as one of a number of guest hosts alongside Nev Schulman, whose movie the TV series is based, following the departure of Max Joseph. This year, she stepped up to the role full-time and co-hosted the first half of the show’s eighth season, which debuted earlier this year.
The second half of the season, which is produced by Critical Content and Catfish Picture Company, features episodes shot remotely.
Elsewhere, Crawford, who was Miss Teen USA in 2010, has created content for brands including Swarovski, Lancôme and Dove.
She continues to be represented by attorney Ashley Silver at Bfbst Law.
- 8/4/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In another deal that shows the streamer-fueled appetite for promising material and packages, Netflix has made a low-seven-figure commitment between rights to the Matt Query short story My Wife & I Bought a Ranch, and scripting fees for the author’s brother Harrison Query to write the screenplay. The story appears in six parts on Reddit.
Scott Glassgold and his Ground Control Entertainment are producing. They came as part of the package, and talks are underway for 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen and Atomic Monster’s James Wan and Michael Clear to produce with him. 21 Laps has Stranger Things and 11 other projects at Netflix.
The bidding was just getting hot on this one Thursday night, and Netflix simply took it off the table by lunch Friday. It involves a couple, Harry and Sasha, who find their dream house in a ranch in Idaho. He’s a soldier getting back to life,...
Scott Glassgold and his Ground Control Entertainment are producing. They came as part of the package, and talks are underway for 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen and Atomic Monster’s James Wan and Michael Clear to produce with him. 21 Laps has Stranger Things and 11 other projects at Netflix.
The bidding was just getting hot on this one Thursday night, and Netflix simply took it off the table by lunch Friday. It involves a couple, Harry and Sasha, who find their dream house in a ranch in Idaho. He’s a soldier getting back to life,...
- 7/25/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: CAA has signed Akili McDowell, the star of OWN’s acclaimed coming-of-age series David Makes Man.
Created by Oscar winner Tarell Alvin McCraney and executive produced by Oprah Winfrey, David Makes Man follows 14-year-old David (McDowell) from the projects, haunted by the death of his friend and relying on by his hardworking mother to find a way out of poverty.
The title role in the series, already renewed for a second season, has been a star-making turn for the young actor who is being pursued for other projects, including an arc on Season 5 of Showtime’s Billions.
The first season of David Makes Man, a Peabody Award winner and a Gotham Award and Critics’ Choice Award nominee, will make its streaming debut July 16 on HBO Max.
McDowell is managed by Carissa Stewart at Gsa Entertainment and his attorney is Ashley Silver at Brecheen, Feldman, Breimer, Silver, & Thompson.
Created by Oscar winner Tarell Alvin McCraney and executive produced by Oprah Winfrey, David Makes Man follows 14-year-old David (McDowell) from the projects, haunted by the death of his friend and relying on by his hardworking mother to find a way out of poverty.
The title role in the series, already renewed for a second season, has been a star-making turn for the young actor who is being pursued for other projects, including an arc on Season 5 of Showtime’s Billions.
The first season of David Makes Man, a Peabody Award winner and a Gotham Award and Critics’ Choice Award nominee, will make its streaming debut July 16 on HBO Max.
McDowell is managed by Carissa Stewart at Gsa Entertainment and his attorney is Ashley Silver at Brecheen, Feldman, Breimer, Silver, & Thompson.
- 7/14/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Entertainment lawyers Leigh Brecheen, David Feldman, Stephen Breimer, Richard Thompson and Ashley Silver have peeled away from Bloom Hergott to launch their own new entertainment law firm.
Brecheen, Feldman, Breimer, Silver & Thompson opens its doors immediately, based in the penthouse offices at the Watt Plaza Building in Century City. This follows last spring’s Deadline revelation that Jake Bloom was retiring and Alan Hergott would step down from the storied firm Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal Laviolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman.
The partners in the new firm worked with each other for many years at the former Bloom Hergott firm in the areas of film, scripted and unscripted TV, digital, social and new media, as well as merchandising, licensing, publishing, sports and other areas. The group will continue to represent a list of clients that includes Conan O’Brien, John Oliver, Mel Gibson, Keegan-Michael Key, Lucas Hedges, Amy Ryan, Krysten Ritter, Damon Wayans,...
Brecheen, Feldman, Breimer, Silver & Thompson opens its doors immediately, based in the penthouse offices at the Watt Plaza Building in Century City. This follows last spring’s Deadline revelation that Jake Bloom was retiring and Alan Hergott would step down from the storied firm Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal Laviolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman.
The partners in the new firm worked with each other for many years at the former Bloom Hergott firm in the areas of film, scripted and unscripted TV, digital, social and new media, as well as merchandising, licensing, publishing, sports and other areas. The group will continue to represent a list of clients that includes Conan O’Brien, John Oliver, Mel Gibson, Keegan-Michael Key, Lucas Hedges, Amy Ryan, Krysten Ritter, Damon Wayans,...
- 1/14/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: As lawyers for Johnny Depp and his former law firm spar over a new trial date for the now $50 million malpractice lawsuit the Pirates of the Caribbean star brought against Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal Laviolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman Llp in 2017, there looks to be at least two fewer Hollywood heavyweights in the ring as of today.
Fifty-one years after he started practicing law, Jacob Bloom is retiring from the firm that already doesn’t carry his name, I’ve learned. His fellow founding partner Alan Hergott is also stepping down after years representing clients including Brad Pitt, Star Wars overlord Kathleen Kennedy, her husband producer Frank Marshall, and Neil Patrick Harris.
Hergott and Bloom, who represented Depp for two decades, have been sending emails to clients, current and past, informing them of their decision to move on to a new phase of their lives. As well as working for...
Fifty-one years after he started practicing law, Jacob Bloom is retiring from the firm that already doesn’t carry his name, I’ve learned. His fellow founding partner Alan Hergott is also stepping down after years representing clients including Brad Pitt, Star Wars overlord Kathleen Kennedy, her husband producer Frank Marshall, and Neil Patrick Harris.
Hergott and Bloom, who represented Depp for two decades, have been sending emails to clients, current and past, informing them of their decision to move on to a new phase of their lives. As well as working for...
- 5/15/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Snap is expanding its original programming into a new genre: soft-scripted docu-series, with the first Snapchat Show in this area from Bunim-Murray Productions starring teen YouTube creator Summer Mckeen.
“Endless Summer” is currently in production and slated to debut in September. The coming-of-age series follows the life of 19-year-old Summer Mckeen, a beauty and fashion vlogger who has her own jewelry line, living on her own for the first time in Laguna Beach — next door to her boyfriend, Dylan Jordan.
With “Endless Summer” and other docu-series, Snap wants to build a slate of character-driven serialized narratives focused on the stories of “compelling people around the world as they go through dramatic life moments, incredible journeys, and challenging relationships,” said Sean Mills, Snap’s senior director of content programming. The largest group of daily active Snapchatters are 18-24, and the docu-series format has huge appeal for this cohort.
The push is...
“Endless Summer” is currently in production and slated to debut in September. The coming-of-age series follows the life of 19-year-old Summer Mckeen, a beauty and fashion vlogger who has her own jewelry line, living on her own for the first time in Laguna Beach — next door to her boyfriend, Dylan Jordan.
With “Endless Summer” and other docu-series, Snap wants to build a slate of character-driven serialized narratives focused on the stories of “compelling people around the world as they go through dramatic life moments, incredible journeys, and challenging relationships,” said Sean Mills, Snap’s senior director of content programming. The largest group of daily active Snapchatters are 18-24, and the docu-series format has huge appeal for this cohort.
The push is...
- 6/19/2018
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Paramount just won an auction for The Oberlin Incident, a spec by Cory Goodman that Safehouse and Aperture will produce. Studio’s keeping logline on the down-low, but it’s described to me as a horror thriller. Deal was high six figures.
Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell at Safehouse Pictures and Adam Goldworm at Aperture Entertainment developed the script with Goodman. Pace of this deal shows the appetite for material that can be turned into movies quickly. Verve sent the script out to buyers Monday afternoon, and there were multiple bidders by the following day with Paramount prevailing late Tuesday evening.
Goodman’s specs have gotten buyers hot and bothered before, as he sold several potential franchise starters as pitches and specs resulting in seven-figures deals that included Hood to Sony and Lore to Warner Bros. He also wrote the Black List script The Last Witch Hunter, Underworld: Blood Wars and Priest.
Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell at Safehouse Pictures and Adam Goldworm at Aperture Entertainment developed the script with Goodman. Pace of this deal shows the appetite for material that can be turned into movies quickly. Verve sent the script out to buyers Monday afternoon, and there were multiple bidders by the following day with Paramount prevailing late Tuesday evening.
Goodman’s specs have gotten buyers hot and bothered before, as he sold several potential franchise starters as pitches and specs resulting in seven-figures deals that included Hood to Sony and Lore to Warner Bros. He also wrote the Black List script The Last Witch Hunter, Underworld: Blood Wars and Priest.
- 5/23/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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