Jennifer Weiner, the author of the Good in Bed novel being produced by Mindy Kaling for Max, has signed with Verve for film and TV representation.
The bestselling author, backed by Verve, will look to future screen adaptations of her library titles as they find new audiences. In all, she has written 21 books, with 11 million copies printed in 36 languages.
“I’m thrilled to be working with Verve. I am so impressed by the energy and passion of the team, and excited about the possibilities of sharing my stories with audiences around the world,” Weiner said in a statement Friday.
Good in Bed, Weiner’s literary debut, is in development with Kaling to star in and produce along with Good Fear Content, with the novel’s writer executive producing. The semi-autobiographical story centers on an up-and-coming journalist in Philadelphia who deals with shaky self-esteem, a fresh-out-of-the-closet mom, an absent father and...
The bestselling author, backed by Verve, will look to future screen adaptations of her library titles as they find new audiences. In all, she has written 21 books, with 11 million copies printed in 36 languages.
“I’m thrilled to be working with Verve. I am so impressed by the energy and passion of the team, and excited about the possibilities of sharing my stories with audiences around the world,” Weiner said in a statement Friday.
Good in Bed, Weiner’s literary debut, is in development with Kaling to star in and produce along with Good Fear Content, with the novel’s writer executive producing. The semi-autobiographical story centers on an up-and-coming journalist in Philadelphia who deals with shaky self-esteem, a fresh-out-of-the-closet mom, an absent father and...
- 4/5/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On June 4, 2024 William Morrow is thrilled to present The Hidden History Of The White House: Power Struggles, Scandals, and Defining Moments by Corey Mead, with a foreword by bestselling author Kate Andersen Brower. Inspired by Wondery’s popular podcast American History Tellers, The Hidden History Of The White House shares the untold stories of some of the most climactic moments in American history in the rooms where they happened.
For more than two centuries, The White House in Washington, D.C., has been the stage for some of the most dramatic scenes in American history. Its walls and portraits have witnessed fierce power struggles, world-altering decisions, shocking scandals, and unforgettable meetings.
In the signature style of Wondery’s hit American History Tellers podcast featuring narrative storytelling putting listeners in the moment and blending unique perspectives from both powerful and everyday people, The Hidden History Of The White House places readers...
For more than two centuries, The White House in Washington, D.C., has been the stage for some of the most dramatic scenes in American history. Its walls and portraits have witnessed fierce power struggles, world-altering decisions, shocking scandals, and unforgettable meetings.
In the signature style of Wondery’s hit American History Tellers podcast featuring narrative storytelling putting listeners in the moment and blending unique perspectives from both powerful and everyday people, The Hidden History Of The White House places readers...
- 3/24/2024
- Podnews.net
Filmmaking duo Veronika Franz And Severin Fiala, best known Goodnight Mommy, which was Austria’s 2014 entry for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, and the Riley Keough-led The Lodge, have signed on to direct the horror feature A Head Full of Ghosts. Production is set to begin later this year.
Fifth Season is financing development and production of the pic. Producers are Daniel Dubiecki and Lara Alameddine from The Allegiance Theater, Susan Downey and Robert Downey Jr. for Team Downey, and David Gambino. The film is an adaptation of Paul Tremblay’s Bram Stoker Award-winning novel of the same name.
The film’s logline reads: The Barretts’ normal suburban New England life is torn apart when their teenage daughter shows signs of acute schizophrenia, reluctantly leading them to be the subjects of a reality show “The Possession.” Fifteen years later, Merry faces her family’s haunting past when a journalist...
Fifth Season is financing development and production of the pic. Producers are Daniel Dubiecki and Lara Alameddine from The Allegiance Theater, Susan Downey and Robert Downey Jr. for Team Downey, and David Gambino. The film is an adaptation of Paul Tremblay’s Bram Stoker Award-winning novel of the same name.
The film’s logline reads: The Barretts’ normal suburban New England life is torn apart when their teenage daughter shows signs of acute schizophrenia, reluctantly leading them to be the subjects of a reality show “The Possession.” Fifteen years later, Merry faces her family’s haunting past when a journalist...
- 2/15/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
“A Head Full of Ghosts,” an adaptation of Paul Tremblay’s Bram Stoker Award-winning novel, will be directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala.
The horror feature will be adapted and directed by Franz and Fiala, the filmmaking duo best known for horror-thriller hit, “Goodnight Mommy,” which was selected as Austria’s 2014 Oscar entry, and the Riley Keough-led “The Lodge,” which premiered at Sundance and was acquired by Neon in 2019. Their next film, “The Devil’s Bath,” is competing for the Golden Bear at the ongoing Berlin Film Festival.
The film is produced by Team Downey and The Allegiance Theater. Fifth Season is financing development and production. Producers are Daniel Dubiecki and Lara Alameddine from The Allegiance Theater, Susan Downey and Robert Downey Jr. for Team Downey, and David Gambino.
The story follows the Barretts, whose normal suburban New England life is torn apart when their teenage daughter shows signs of acute schizophrenia,...
The horror feature will be adapted and directed by Franz and Fiala, the filmmaking duo best known for horror-thriller hit, “Goodnight Mommy,” which was selected as Austria’s 2014 Oscar entry, and the Riley Keough-led “The Lodge,” which premiered at Sundance and was acquired by Neon in 2019. Their next film, “The Devil’s Bath,” is competing for the Golden Bear at the ongoing Berlin Film Festival.
The film is produced by Team Downey and The Allegiance Theater. Fifth Season is financing development and production. Producers are Daniel Dubiecki and Lara Alameddine from The Allegiance Theater, Susan Downey and Robert Downey Jr. for Team Downey, and David Gambino.
The story follows the Barretts, whose normal suburban New England life is torn apart when their teenage daughter shows signs of acute schizophrenia,...
- 2/15/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Darius Rucker has turned the soundtrack of his life into a book. The country musician has announced his first memoir, Life’s Too Short, set for release on May 28, structured around 23 songs that have been transformative during his career.
“This book is the story of my life as told through 23 songs that took me away, soaring, starting at ground level, living in a poor but happy home, never wanting for much more, enjoying what I had, even when times got tough, because I had my escape, my refuge, my music,” Rucker said in a statement.
“This book is the story of my life as told through 23 songs that took me away, soaring, starting at ground level, living in a poor but happy home, never wanting for much more, enjoying what I had, even when times got tough, because I had my escape, my refuge, my music,” Rucker said in a statement.
- 2/15/2024
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Apple has won a bidding war for Margo’s Got Money Troubles.
The streamer has handed out an eight-episode, straight-to-series order for the drama from David E. Kelley that comes with Elle Fanning and Nicole Kidman attached to star. Margo is based on the forthcoming novel by Rufi Thorpe that landed with producers A24 after a bidding war in October for rights to the book. Kidman, Fanning — who will star as Margo — and her sister, Dakota Fanning, will also exec produce the series alongside Kelley, who serves as showrunner and reunites with the streamer following the upcoming Presumed Innocent (which he exec produces alongside J.J. Abrams).
As The Hollywood Reporter exclusively revealed in October, Margo’s Got Money Troubles had more than a dozen companies competing for the rights to the book about controlling your own narrative. Set for publication in June via HarperCollins imprint William Morrow, it revolves around Margo Millet,...
The streamer has handed out an eight-episode, straight-to-series order for the drama from David E. Kelley that comes with Elle Fanning and Nicole Kidman attached to star. Margo is based on the forthcoming novel by Rufi Thorpe that landed with producers A24 after a bidding war in October for rights to the book. Kidman, Fanning — who will star as Margo — and her sister, Dakota Fanning, will also exec produce the series alongside Kelley, who serves as showrunner and reunites with the streamer following the upcoming Presumed Innocent (which he exec produces alongside J.J. Abrams).
As The Hollywood Reporter exclusively revealed in October, Margo’s Got Money Troubles had more than a dozen companies competing for the rights to the book about controlling your own narrative. Set for publication in June via HarperCollins imprint William Morrow, it revolves around Margo Millet,...
- 2/2/2024
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ Series From Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning, David E. Kelley Lands at Apple
The series adaptation of the upcoming novel “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” has landed a straight-to-series order at Apple TV+ in a competitive situation.
Elle Fanning will lead the series alongside Nicole Kidman, with David E. Kelley attached to write and showrun. A24 is the studio.
The novel, written by Rufi Thorpe, is due to be published in June 2024 by William Morrow. Per the description of the novel’s plot, it focuses on Margo Millet (who will be played by Fanning), the daughter of a Hooters waitress and an ex-pro wrestler. Now an unemployed single mother in her early 20s, Margo is struggling to make ends meet, leading her to launch an OnlyFans account. When her father reenters her life, she starts incorporating his lessons from the pro wrestling world into her OnlyFans work, leading to unexpected success.
Apple has given the series an eight episode order. Kelley will serve as writer,...
Elle Fanning will lead the series alongside Nicole Kidman, with David E. Kelley attached to write and showrun. A24 is the studio.
The novel, written by Rufi Thorpe, is due to be published in June 2024 by William Morrow. Per the description of the novel’s plot, it focuses on Margo Millet (who will be played by Fanning), the daughter of a Hooters waitress and an ex-pro wrestler. Now an unemployed single mother in her early 20s, Margo is struggling to make ends meet, leading her to launch an OnlyFans account. When her father reenters her life, she starts incorporating his lessons from the pro wrestling world into her OnlyFans work, leading to unexpected success.
Apple has given the series an eight episode order. Kelley will serve as writer,...
- 2/2/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Margo’s Got Money Troubles, a hot series package that will star Elle Fanning and Nicole Kidman, has landed at Apple TV+ with a straight-to-series order.
Fanning, who is the lead, and Kidman will both exec produce the eight-part series, which is set in the world of OnlyFans with a wrestling twist, alongside David E. Kelley and Dakota Fanning with A24 as the studio.
Deadline understands that the streamer outbid a number of other companies, including Netflix, for the rights to the series, which is based on Rufi Thorpe’s upcoming book.
Elle Fanning is set to star as Margo Millet, the child of a Hooters waitress and an ex-pro wrestler, who has always known she’d have to make it on her own. So she enrolls at her local junior college, even though she can’t imagine how she’ll ever make a living. She’s still figuring things...
Fanning, who is the lead, and Kidman will both exec produce the eight-part series, which is set in the world of OnlyFans with a wrestling twist, alongside David E. Kelley and Dakota Fanning with A24 as the studio.
Deadline understands that the streamer outbid a number of other companies, including Netflix, for the rights to the series, which is based on Rufi Thorpe’s upcoming book.
Elle Fanning is set to star as Margo Millet, the child of a Hooters waitress and an ex-pro wrestler, who has always known she’d have to make it on her own. So she enrolls at her local junior college, even though she can’t imagine how she’ll ever make a living. She’s still figuring things...
- 2/2/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
“The View” co-host Sunny Hostin is taking a little more time to enjoy the TV milleu.
The multi-hyphenate is in the early stages of developing her first novel, “Summer on the Bluffs,” as a television series for Amazon MGM Studios. The series will be produced by Sunny Hostin Productions, Amazon MGM Studios and Octavia Spencer’s Orit Entertainment.
The book, published by William Morrow in 2021, follows the tales of three godsisters and their godmother, as well as the rich history of Oak Bluffs, an exclusive historically Black beach community in Martha’s Vineyard. The novel explores personal journeys, hidden secrets and the transformative power of heritage.
Elizabeth Hunter will adapt the novel for television and serve as executive producer and showrunner. She is known for films “Jumping the Broom” (2011) and “The Fighting Temptations.”
“Summer on the Bluffs” reps the first installment of Hostin’s summer trilogy. The book became an...
The multi-hyphenate is in the early stages of developing her first novel, “Summer on the Bluffs,” as a television series for Amazon MGM Studios. The series will be produced by Sunny Hostin Productions, Amazon MGM Studios and Octavia Spencer’s Orit Entertainment.
The book, published by William Morrow in 2021, follows the tales of three godsisters and their godmother, as well as the rich history of Oak Bluffs, an exclusive historically Black beach community in Martha’s Vineyard. The novel explores personal journeys, hidden secrets and the transformative power of heritage.
Elizabeth Hunter will adapt the novel for television and serve as executive producer and showrunner. She is known for films “Jumping the Broom” (2011) and “The Fighting Temptations.”
“Summer on the Bluffs” reps the first installment of Hostin’s summer trilogy. The book became an...
- 12/15/2023
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon MGM Studios have landed rights to Benjamin Percy’s novella “American Criminal,” with Gavin O’Connor negotiating to direct.
The film, which Hidden Pictures and NeoText will produce, follows a professional thief who, after being apprehended by an FBI agent, is coaxed into infiltrating a violent Midwestern gang with the goal of dismantling them from the inside. However, what the FBI agent doesn’t know is that the thief is also orchestrating the largest – and last – heist of his life.
O’Connor has directed a number of popular and critically acclaimed works, including “Warrior” with Joel Edgerton and Tom Hardy, “The Accountant” with Ben Affleck, “Miracle” with Kurt Russell, and “Tumbleweeds,” which featured an Oscar-nominated turn from Janet McTeer. He most recently retimed with Affleck on 2020’s “The Way Back,” the story of an alcoholic basketball coach.
Percy is the author of seven novels — including “The Sky Vault,” published this...
The film, which Hidden Pictures and NeoText will produce, follows a professional thief who, after being apprehended by an FBI agent, is coaxed into infiltrating a violent Midwestern gang with the goal of dismantling them from the inside. However, what the FBI agent doesn’t know is that the thief is also orchestrating the largest – and last – heist of his life.
O’Connor has directed a number of popular and critically acclaimed works, including “Warrior” with Joel Edgerton and Tom Hardy, “The Accountant” with Ben Affleck, “Miracle” with Kurt Russell, and “Tumbleweeds,” which featured an Oscar-nominated turn from Janet McTeer. He most recently retimed with Affleck on 2020’s “The Way Back,” the story of an alcoholic basketball coach.
Percy is the author of seven novels — including “The Sky Vault,” published this...
- 10/20/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Chernin Entertainment has landed the rights to the latest novel from Matthew Quirk, the author behind the book that was adapted into popular Netflix series The Night Agent.
Inside Threat, which was published this week by William Morrow, takes place after an attack on the White House, and as the synopsis for the book reads: “The President and his top aides take shelter in a top-secret government facility buried deep underground—but they soon discover the threat is locked inside with them.”
Said Quirk, “It’s my go at a Die Hard or Seven Days in May plot with an Agatha Christie-style locked room mystery thrown in. I’m absolutely thrilled to be working with everyone at Chernin Entertainment and can’t wait to see these characters on the big screen.”
The Netflix adaptation of The Night Agent, which stars Gabriel Basso and Hong Chau, has proven popular on the streamer,...
Inside Threat, which was published this week by William Morrow, takes place after an attack on the White House, and as the synopsis for the book reads: “The President and his top aides take shelter in a top-secret government facility buried deep underground—but they soon discover the threat is locked inside with them.”
Said Quirk, “It’s my go at a Die Hard or Seven Days in May plot with an Agatha Christie-style locked room mystery thrown in. I’m absolutely thrilled to be working with everyone at Chernin Entertainment and can’t wait to see these characters on the big screen.”
The Netflix adaptation of The Night Agent, which stars Gabriel Basso and Hong Chau, has proven popular on the streamer,...
- 6/16/2023
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Darby Kane’s bestselling suspense novel Pretty Little Wife is getting the small screen treatment. Amazon Studios is developing a series based on the book with Gabrielle Union set to star and executive produce. Meredith Lavender, Marcie Ulin and Kristen SaBerre will write and executive produce the project for Prime Video, from A+E Studios and Range Media Partners.
Based on Kane’s international bestseller, Pretty Little Wife is a cat-and-mouse thriller with a pulpy edge and some sexy soap that centers around two brilliant — and very different — Black women: Lily, the pretty little wife suspected of murdering her husband, and Ginny, the detective on the case. Upon entering each other’s lives, they begin to crack open each other’s façade to reveal what really lies beneath.
Project is executive produced by Barry Jossen and Tana Jamieson for A+E Studios, Range Media Partners and Union via her I’ll...
Based on Kane’s international bestseller, Pretty Little Wife is a cat-and-mouse thriller with a pulpy edge and some sexy soap that centers around two brilliant — and very different — Black women: Lily, the pretty little wife suspected of murdering her husband, and Ginny, the detective on the case. Upon entering each other’s lives, they begin to crack open each other’s façade to reveal what really lies beneath.
Project is executive produced by Barry Jossen and Tana Jamieson for A+E Studios, Range Media Partners and Union via her I’ll...
- 4/24/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Jennifer Hudson, Trevor Noah and Viola Davis are among the winners from the second night of the NAACP Image Awards‘ non-televised ceremonies.
Hudson won for hosting her eponymous daytime talk show, while the Noah-hosted Daily Show won best variety or game show series or special and Davis, just a little over two weeks after achieving Egot status with her Grammy win, took home the award for best literary work, non-fiction for Finding Me.
Other high-profile winners Tuesday night, which featured literary, variety show, reality program and news information categories, include Michael K. Williams and Jon Sternfeld’s Scenes from My Life and Stacey Abrams for outstanding literary work – children for Stacey’s Remarkable Books, written with Kitt Thomas.
Additionally, Lizzo’s reality TV series Watch Out for the Big Grrrls added to its trophy collection, winning best reality program, competition or game show series. And Robin Roberts’ conversation with Michelle Obama...
Hudson won for hosting her eponymous daytime talk show, while the Noah-hosted Daily Show won best variety or game show series or special and Davis, just a little over two weeks after achieving Egot status with her Grammy win, took home the award for best literary work, non-fiction for Finding Me.
Other high-profile winners Tuesday night, which featured literary, variety show, reality program and news information categories, include Michael K. Williams and Jon Sternfeld’s Scenes from My Life and Stacey Abrams for outstanding literary work – children for Stacey’s Remarkable Books, written with Kitt Thomas.
Additionally, Lizzo’s reality TV series Watch Out for the Big Grrrls added to its trophy collection, winning best reality program, competition or game show series. And Robin Roberts’ conversation with Michelle Obama...
- 2/22/2023
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: HBO Max, the BBC and A24 have won the rights to co-develop one of the most highly-anticipated British debuts of the coming year – Slay in Your Lane scribe Yomi Adegoke’s The List.
In what Deadline understands was a highly-competitive situation that attracted the interest of some of the UK’s top drama production houses, A24’s Piers Wenger and Rose Garnett-led international team won out and is in early-stage development on a TV adaptation for the British public broadcaster and U.S. streamer. Adegoke is creating and exec producing.
Due to be published in July, The List follows Ola Olajide, a high-profile journalist at Womxxxn magazine about to marry the love of her life, Michael. The couple seem to have it all but one morning they wake up to the same message: “Oh my god, have you seen The List?”
Adegoke is a columnist, journalist, former Forbes...
In what Deadline understands was a highly-competitive situation that attracted the interest of some of the UK’s top drama production houses, A24’s Piers Wenger and Rose Garnett-led international team won out and is in early-stage development on a TV adaptation for the British public broadcaster and U.S. streamer. Adegoke is creating and exec producing.
Due to be published in July, The List follows Ola Olajide, a high-profile journalist at Womxxxn magazine about to marry the love of her life, Michael. The couple seem to have it all but one morning they wake up to the same message: “Oh my god, have you seen The List?”
Adegoke is a columnist, journalist, former Forbes...
- 1/19/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Showtime is developing All Her Little Secrets, a one-hour limited series drama based on Wanda M. Morris’ bestselling novel, starring and executive produced by Emmy winner Uzo Aduba. The project hails from writer Aurin Squire (Evil) who penned the pilot, Deniese Davis’ Reform Media Group and CBS Studios, where both Aduba and Squire are under overall deals.
The limited series, based on Morris’ novel, centers on Ellice Littlejohn (Aduba), a Black female lawyer rising to the top of the corporate ladder. When she gets caught up in an affair and a mysterious conspiracy that puts her at risk of being the primary suspect and the next target, Ellice’s perfect façade starts to crumble as she scrambles to hold onto all she has earned, protect her family and stay alive. Timely themes of race, class, gender and power are explored in this fast-paced, mystery thriller.
Squire executive produces with...
The limited series, based on Morris’ novel, centers on Ellice Littlejohn (Aduba), a Black female lawyer rising to the top of the corporate ladder. When she gets caught up in an affair and a mysterious conspiracy that puts her at risk of being the primary suspect and the next target, Ellice’s perfect façade starts to crumble as she scrambles to hold onto all she has earned, protect her family and stay alive. Timely themes of race, class, gender and power are explored in this fast-paced, mystery thriller.
Squire executive produces with...
- 10/18/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
After a decade-plus of having the streaming field virtually to itself, Netflix now faces historic levels of competition. Disney and other media and tech rivals have narrowed the gap, making for a rocky 2022 marked by subscriber and stock price declines.
Yet Netflix has one thing its competitors will never have, and that’s the status of O.G. The company, which celebrates the 25th anniversary of its incorporation today, transformed the media business, consumer entertainment and culture at large. Not for nothing has its name become a verb.
As it touts the anniversary, Netflix has released a commemorative trailer (watch it above) and blog post, and promises to share nostalgic photos and other memories from the company’s DVD-by-mail origins across social media throughout the day.
In that throwback spirit, Deadline offers a tour through Netflix’s origin story, via an excerpt from Binge Times, a book co-written by this reporter and Dawn Chmielewski.
Yet Netflix has one thing its competitors will never have, and that’s the status of O.G. The company, which celebrates the 25th anniversary of its incorporation today, transformed the media business, consumer entertainment and culture at large. Not for nothing has its name become a verb.
As it touts the anniversary, Netflix has released a commemorative trailer (watch it above) and blog post, and promises to share nostalgic photos and other memories from the company’s DVD-by-mail origins across social media throughout the day.
In that throwback spirit, Deadline offers a tour through Netflix’s origin story, via an excerpt from Binge Times, a book co-written by this reporter and Dawn Chmielewski.
- 8/29/2022
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Summer is a time for light reading. Well, in theory. If you are a hardcore film lover it’s also a time for deep dives into complicated classics like Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and Zodiac, laser-eyed explorations of the early works of David Cronenberg, and loving odes to the insanity of Cannon Films.
Our latest column has all these and more, starting with the most eagerly awaited cineamtic novel of the year. And for other essential cinema reads, visit David Bordwell’s website, which now offers a collection of books written by him and Kristin Thompson for free. Take advantage of these, my friends. And while it is not available for purchase, I urge you to do some digging to find Neon’s Petite Maman: A Story by Céline Sciamma, a 32-page illustrated children’s book of Sciamma’s film lovingly illustrated by Desi Moore (with design by...
Our latest column has all these and more, starting with the most eagerly awaited cineamtic novel of the year. And for other essential cinema reads, visit David Bordwell’s website, which now offers a collection of books written by him and Kristin Thompson for free. Take advantage of these, my friends. And while it is not available for purchase, I urge you to do some digging to find Neon’s Petite Maman: A Story by Céline Sciamma, a 32-page illustrated children’s book of Sciamma’s film lovingly illustrated by Desi Moore (with design by...
- 8/8/2022
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
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Author Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes are teaming for a Bridgerton prequel novel.
Avon Books, an imprint of the William Morrow Group at HarperCollins, has acquired North American rights to a collaborative novel written by Bridgerton author Quinn and Rhimes, who executive produces the Netflix original series, it was announced Thursday.
The novel will be based on Rhimes’ upcoming spinoff series that will chronicle the rise of Queen Charlotte and detail “how the young Queen’s marriage to King George sparked both a great love story and a societal shift, creating the world of the Ton inherited by the characters in Bridgerton.”
The book’s publication will be timed to the release of an eight-episode Netflix series — ordered to series last year — that will star India Amarteifio as the younger version of Charlotte. Golda Rosheuvel, who portrays Queen Charlotte on Bridgerton, will reprise...
Author Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes are teaming for a Bridgerton prequel novel.
Avon Books, an imprint of the William Morrow Group at HarperCollins, has acquired North American rights to a collaborative novel written by Bridgerton author Quinn and Rhimes, who executive produces the Netflix original series, it was announced Thursday.
The novel will be based on Rhimes’ upcoming spinoff series that will chronicle the rise of Queen Charlotte and detail “how the young Queen’s marriage to King George sparked both a great love story and a societal shift, creating the world of the Ton inherited by the characters in Bridgerton.”
The book’s publication will be timed to the release of an eight-episode Netflix series — ordered to series last year — that will star India Amarteifio as the younger version of Charlotte. Golda Rosheuvel, who portrays Queen Charlotte on Bridgerton, will reprise...
- 7/7/2022
- by Lexy Perez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Australian author Dervla McTiernan, whose last two novels were international bestsellers, is making a splash on these shores with The Murder Rule, a thriller novel being published tomorrow by William Morrow. McTiernan has just optioned the novel to FX.
The book focuses on an idealistic law student, who is an outsider to her peers. Working with her elite campus’ prestigious Innocence Project represents the high point of everything she’s sacrificed for, but in a twisted mother/daughter story, she soon reveals that underneath her do-gooder image lies rules pounded into her by mom. The last one is, make them pay. The author’s past novels include The Good Turn and The Sisters.
Her deal was brokered by Shane Salerno of The Story Factory.
The book focuses on an idealistic law student, who is an outsider to her peers. Working with her elite campus’ prestigious Innocence Project represents the high point of everything she’s sacrificed for, but in a twisted mother/daughter story, she soon reveals that underneath her do-gooder image lies rules pounded into her by mom. The last one is, make them pay. The author’s past novels include The Good Turn and The Sisters.
Her deal was brokered by Shane Salerno of The Story Factory.
- 5/9/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
DeuxMoi is getting into the TV business—and that's no gossip. The upcoming debut novel from massively popular and influential Instagram account DeuxMoi, which pumps out celebrity gossip to its 1.5 million followers, has gotten a script-to-series order at HBO Max, E! News confirms, which means that if the network likes the script, it will skip the typical pilot process. The book, titled Anon Pls and written by DeuxMoi with New York Times bestselling author Jessica Goodman, will be published Nov. 8 by William Morrow, a division of HarperCollins. The title refers to DeuxMoi contributors' frequent request for anonymity when submitting their gossip. In the book, "Cricket Lopez, assistant to...
- 5/9/2022
- E! Online
Well, this is one way to get over the Sunday Scaries! HBO Max has officially greenlit a one-hour drama series based on famed gossip Instagram account DeuxMoi’s upcoming novel, “Anon Pls.”
The pseudonymous DeuxMoi account for all-things celebrity gossip has amassed over 1.5 million followers since its formation in 2020. The fictionalized memoir “Anon Pls” is penned by DeuxMoi with New York Times-bestselling author Jessica Goodman and will be published November 8 by William Morrow, a division of HarperCollins.
HBO Max and Warner Bros. Television have secured the rights for “Anon Pls” so the Wbtv-based Berlanti Productions could develop the novel into a drama series, as Deadline reported. Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter will executive produce for Berlanti Productions through the company’s overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group, and DeuxMoi.
“Anon Pls” centers on celeb stylist assistant Cricket Lopez, who revamps her Instagram account on a drunken whim to...
The pseudonymous DeuxMoi account for all-things celebrity gossip has amassed over 1.5 million followers since its formation in 2020. The fictionalized memoir “Anon Pls” is penned by DeuxMoi with New York Times-bestselling author Jessica Goodman and will be published November 8 by William Morrow, a division of HarperCollins.
HBO Max and Warner Bros. Television have secured the rights for “Anon Pls” so the Wbtv-based Berlanti Productions could develop the novel into a drama series, as Deadline reported. Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter will executive produce for Berlanti Productions through the company’s overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group, and DeuxMoi.
“Anon Pls” centers on celeb stylist assistant Cricket Lopez, who revamps her Instagram account on a drunken whim to...
- 5/9/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: HBO Max has given a script-to-series order to Anon Pls, a one-hour drama based on DeuxMoi’s upcoming debut novel, from Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros Television.
HBO Max and Wbtv had secured pre-emptively the rights to the book for Wbtv-based Berlanti Productions to develop into a drama series.
2022 HBO Max Series & Pilot Orders
DeuxMoi is a pseudonymous Instagram account for celebrity gossip that has 1.5M followers. The upcoming book, Anon Pls, written by DeuxMoi with New York Times bestselling author Jessica Goodman, will be published November 8 by William Morrow, a division of HarperCollins.
In the book, when Cricket Lopez, assistant to one of the most notorious celebrity stylists, revamps her old style Instagram account and turns it into a celebrity gossip blog on a drunken whim, she never thinks it will become anything. It’s just a way to blow off steam after a terrible, terrible day at...
HBO Max and Wbtv had secured pre-emptively the rights to the book for Wbtv-based Berlanti Productions to develop into a drama series.
2022 HBO Max Series & Pilot Orders
DeuxMoi is a pseudonymous Instagram account for celebrity gossip that has 1.5M followers. The upcoming book, Anon Pls, written by DeuxMoi with New York Times bestselling author Jessica Goodman, will be published November 8 by William Morrow, a division of HarperCollins.
In the book, when Cricket Lopez, assistant to one of the most notorious celebrity stylists, revamps her old style Instagram account and turns it into a celebrity gossip blog on a drunken whim, she never thinks it will become anything. It’s just a way to blow off steam after a terrible, terrible day at...
- 5/9/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sony Pictures’ 3000 Pictures has acquired film adaptation rights to Lucy Foley’s new book, The Paris Apartment, which became an instant No. 1 New York Times bestseller after its release last month by William Morrow, a U.S. imprint of HarperCollins.
The Paris Apartment follows aspiring journalist Ben, who lives in an old apartment block near the glittering lights of the Eiffel Tower and the bustling banks of the Seine. He’s moved to Paris for a fresh start and isn’t thrilled when his chaotic sister Jess asks if she can crash with him after leaving her job in London. But he didn’t say no, and surely everything looks better from Paris. However, Ben isn’t there when Jess arrives and doesn’t show up the next morning. Jess soon realizes that the block’s inhabitants are the only people that can help, but they are a dysfunctional,...
The Paris Apartment follows aspiring journalist Ben, who lives in an old apartment block near the glittering lights of the Eiffel Tower and the bustling banks of the Seine. He’s moved to Paris for a fresh start and isn’t thrilled when his chaotic sister Jess asks if she can crash with him after leaving her job in London. But he didn’t say no, and surely everything looks better from Paris. However, Ben isn’t there when Jess arrives and doesn’t show up the next morning. Jess soon realizes that the block’s inhabitants are the only people that can help, but they are a dysfunctional,...
- 3/4/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Our first look at new books on filmmaking in 2022 must start with a mention of what is sure to be the most noteworthy cinema-related text in the first quarter of this year: Kyle Buchanan’s Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road (William Morrow). To learn more about this relentlessly readable look at the creation of George Miller’s masterpiece, check out my interview with Buchanan. And then go buy the book. You’ll thank me.
Now, on to other recommended reads from the tail-end of 2021 and the start of 2022…
Tech Noir: The Art of James Cameron by James Cameron (introduction by Guillermo del Toro) (Titan Books)
It is hard to believe that (if all goes according to plan) James Cameron’s Avatar 2 will finally be released at the end of 2022. However, even as Cameron prepares his first of four returns to Pandora,...
Now, on to other recommended reads from the tail-end of 2021 and the start of 2022…
Tech Noir: The Art of James Cameron by James Cameron (introduction by Guillermo del Toro) (Titan Books)
It is hard to believe that (if all goes according to plan) James Cameron’s Avatar 2 will finally be released at the end of 2022. However, even as Cameron prepares his first of four returns to Pandora,...
- 2/28/2022
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
“My name is Max. My world is fire and blood.” So began George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road, a modern masterpiece that is as daring, audacious, and immaculately crafted as any film ever made. But the creation of this follow-up to Miller’s Mad Max trilogy was, shall we say, complex—and for most viewers, difficult to even imagine.
Enter Kyle Buchanan. The ever-quotable reporter and awards-season columnist for the New York Times was at Vulture when Fury Road made its long-awaited debut following whispers of on-set trouble. Years later, Buchanan wrote an oral history for the Times to commemorate the film’s fifth anniversary. Now comes a book-length oral history featuring all major players and all behind-the-scenes controversies. That book is Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road (William Morrow; released on Feb. 22), and it is a genuine must-read.
As Buchanan explained...
Enter Kyle Buchanan. The ever-quotable reporter and awards-season columnist for the New York Times was at Vulture when Fury Road made its long-awaited debut following whispers of on-set trouble. Years later, Buchanan wrote an oral history for the Times to commemorate the film’s fifth anniversary. Now comes a book-length oral history featuring all major players and all behind-the-scenes controversies. That book is Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road (William Morrow; released on Feb. 22), and it is a genuine must-read.
As Buchanan explained...
- 2/21/2022
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
Following Deadline’s story about Michael Mann’s forthcoming prequel/sequel novel to his landmark film Heat — he co-wrote the book with Edgar Award winner Meg Gardiner — the novel has quickly sold rights in major markets around the world.
The novel, which hits bookstores August 9, has already sold in 13 major territories including Germany, Japan, France, Italy, Spain, Holland, Hungary, Mexico, Poland, Brazil, Sweden, the Czech Republic and the UK. The international rollout of Heat 2 is mirroring HarperCollins’ launch of Quentin Tarantino’s No. 1 bestselling novelization of his film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Heat 2 is not a novelization of Mann’s film but instead the story of everything that happens before and after to the principal characters. The book trailer, featuring the Moby cue “God Moving Over the face of the Waters” (the track that plays over the climatic gun battle between Al Pacino and Robert De Niro’s...
The novel, which hits bookstores August 9, has already sold in 13 major territories including Germany, Japan, France, Italy, Spain, Holland, Hungary, Mexico, Poland, Brazil, Sweden, the Czech Republic and the UK. The international rollout of Heat 2 is mirroring HarperCollins’ launch of Quentin Tarantino’s No. 1 bestselling novelization of his film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Heat 2 is not a novelization of Mann’s film but instead the story of everything that happens before and after to the principal characters. The book trailer, featuring the Moby cue “God Moving Over the face of the Waters” (the track that plays over the climatic gun battle between Al Pacino and Robert De Niro’s...
- 2/14/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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Simu Liu was one of the breakout stars of 2021 and now the hero of Marvel’s Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings is telling his own story, in his own words.
Related: How to Stream Shang-Chi Online on Disney+
The actor took to Instagram Tuesday to unveil the cover for his new memoir, We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story. The book, which Liu says...
Simu Liu was one of the breakout stars of 2021 and now the hero of Marvel’s Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings is telling his own story, in his own words.
Related: How to Stream Shang-Chi Online on Disney+
The actor took to Instagram Tuesday to unveil the cover for his new memoir, We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story. The book, which Liu says...
- 2/1/2022
- by Tim Chan
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Michael Mann is ready to rip on Heat 2, a novel he has written with Edgar-winner Meg Gardiner that expands the tapestry of his 1995 crime classic film. The surprise here: the novel coming August 9 from William Morrow through the HarperCollins-based Michael Mann Books imprint will tell an original story about the lives of the characters in that movie both before and after the events depicted in the movie..
To those like myself who’ve watched the atmospheric Los Angeles-based heist thriller dozens of times, the prospect of its creator revisiting the terrain and characters is something to look forward to. To remind, the meticulously plotted mano a mano matchup between LAPD Homicide/Robbery lieutenant Vincent Hanna and master thief Neil McCauley became...
To those like myself who’ve watched the atmospheric Los Angeles-based heist thriller dozens of times, the prospect of its creator revisiting the terrain and characters is something to look forward to. To remind, the meticulously plotted mano a mano matchup between LAPD Homicide/Robbery lieutenant Vincent Hanna and master thief Neil McCauley became...
- 1/19/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
The top sci-fi books in January 2022 see the world transformed in myriad ways, from an Arctic plague to a UFO sighting to fleeing Earth for the stars.
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Type: Novel
Publisher: William Morrow
Release date: Jan. 18
Den of Geek says: Sequoia Nagamatsu’s debut promises to be for 2022 what rereading Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven was for 2020: a speculative plague narrative that may hit too close to home, but that may also be just the catharsis we need as we continue to adjust our lives in a post-covid era.
Publisher’s summary: For fans of Cloud Atlas and Station Eleven, a spellbinding and profoundly prescient debut that follows a cast of intricately linked characters over hundreds of years as humanity struggles to rebuild itself in the aftermath of a climate plague—a daring and deeply heartfelt work of...
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Type: Novel
Publisher: William Morrow
Release date: Jan. 18
Den of Geek says: Sequoia Nagamatsu’s debut promises to be for 2022 what rereading Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven was for 2020: a speculative plague narrative that may hit too close to home, but that may also be just the catharsis we need as we continue to adjust our lives in a post-covid era.
Publisher’s summary: For fans of Cloud Atlas and Station Eleven, a spellbinding and profoundly prescient debut that follows a cast of intricately linked characters over hundreds of years as humanity struggles to rebuild itself in the aftermath of a climate plague—a daring and deeply heartfelt work of...
- 1/3/2022
- by Natalie Zutter
- Den of Geek
Publisher HarperCollins is pulling a planned book by former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo.
The book, which was originally titled Deep Denial, had been slated for release in fall of 2022 through the William Morrow imprint Custom House.
“Custom House does not intend to publish the Chris Cuomo book,” a William Morrow spokesperson said.
According to a description from the publisher, Cuomo’s book was set to be “a provocative analysis of the harsh truths that the pandemic and Trump years have exposed about America — about our strength and our character — and a roadmap of the work needed to make ...
The book, which was originally titled Deep Denial, had been slated for release in fall of 2022 through the William Morrow imprint Custom House.
“Custom House does not intend to publish the Chris Cuomo book,” a William Morrow spokesperson said.
According to a description from the publisher, Cuomo’s book was set to be “a provocative analysis of the harsh truths that the pandemic and Trump years have exposed about America — about our strength and our character — and a roadmap of the work needed to make ...
- 12/7/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
A new book co-authored by Deadline business editor Dade Hayes will be the first to explore the media and tech sectors’ headlong rush into streaming.
Binge Times: Inside Hollywood’s Furious Billion-Dollar Battle to Take Down Netflix will be published April 19 by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins. Hayes, who is based in New York, co-wrote the book with the Los Angeles-based Dawn Chmielewski, a media and entertainment correspondent for Reuters and a former Deadline editor.
The book focuses on the 2019-20 stretch when a major new entrant launched nearly every month. In addition to in-depth portraits of Apple TV+, Disney+, Peacock, Quibi and HBO Max, it takes readers inside established streaming entities Netflix, Amazon and Hulu. The book examines a series of consequential decisions and developments in media and technology since the birth of the internet that have led to the current obsession with streaming.
Deadline readers know the basic outline of the tale.
Binge Times: Inside Hollywood’s Furious Billion-Dollar Battle to Take Down Netflix will be published April 19 by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins. Hayes, who is based in New York, co-wrote the book with the Los Angeles-based Dawn Chmielewski, a media and entertainment correspondent for Reuters and a former Deadline editor.
The book focuses on the 2019-20 stretch when a major new entrant launched nearly every month. In addition to in-depth portraits of Apple TV+, Disney+, Peacock, Quibi and HBO Max, it takes readers inside established streaming entities Netflix, Amazon and Hulu. The book examines a series of consequential decisions and developments in media and technology since the birth of the internet that have led to the current obsession with streaming.
Deadline readers know the basic outline of the tale.
- 11/24/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
This November is a big month for some of the most well-known names in the genre, from a new addition to The Expanse to Brandon Sanderson’s space opera. Here’s what we’re looking forward to in November 2021 …
Leviathan Falls by James S.A. Corey
Type: Novel
Publisher: Orbit
Release date: Nov. 30
Den of Geek says: Does The Expanse need an introduction? The hit series (also made into a hit TV show) comes to an end this month after a ten-year run.
Publisher’s summary: The Laconian Empire has fallen, setting the thirteen hundred solar systems free from the rule of Winston Duarte. But the ancient enemy that killed the gate builders is awake, and the war against our universe has begun again.
In the dead system of Adro, Elvi Okoye leads a desperate scientific mission to understand what the gate builders were and what destroyed them, even if...
Leviathan Falls by James S.A. Corey
Type: Novel
Publisher: Orbit
Release date: Nov. 30
Den of Geek says: Does The Expanse need an introduction? The hit series (also made into a hit TV show) comes to an end this month after a ten-year run.
Publisher’s summary: The Laconian Empire has fallen, setting the thirteen hundred solar systems free from the rule of Winston Duarte. But the ancient enemy that killed the gate builders is awake, and the war against our universe has begun again.
In the dead system of Adro, Elvi Okoye leads a desperate scientific mission to understand what the gate builders were and what destroyed them, even if...
- 11/12/2021
- by Megan Crouse
- Den of Geek
Pretty Boy Trailer: "The genre specialized company Black Mandala presents the horror movie Pretty Boy, directed by Marcel Walz. According to its director: “Is heavily ‘80s-inspired and a love letter to all our favorite slasher franchises we all grew up with!”. The film had its world premiere on Friday, August 13 at the Popcorn Frights Film Festival in South Florida; and the same month it had its European premiere at the prestigious FrightFest (UK).
A notable killer is born into the world of horror: Pretty Boy, first appearing in the critically acclaimed thriller Blind. Now the murderess in the mask returns for Valentine’s Day in a heartbreaking sequel, where he spills gallons of blood among roses and glitter. The feature stars Sarah French, Heather Grace Hancock, Devanny Pinn, Robert Rusler, Maria Olsen, Jake Red, Andrew Rohrbach, and also Jed Rowen (returning as “Pretty Boy”).
Synopsis: A masked killer named Pretty...
A notable killer is born into the world of horror: Pretty Boy, first appearing in the critically acclaimed thriller Blind. Now the murderess in the mask returns for Valentine’s Day in a heartbreaking sequel, where he spills gallons of blood among roses and glitter. The feature stars Sarah French, Heather Grace Hancock, Devanny Pinn, Robert Rusler, Maria Olsen, Jake Red, Andrew Rohrbach, and also Jed Rowen (returning as “Pretty Boy”).
Synopsis: A masked killer named Pretty...
- 10/28/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Exclusive: FX is developing The Bobby Love Story, a one-hour drama starring and executive produced by Octavia Spencer, from writer Shalisha Francis-Feusner (Seven Seconds), Kerry Washington’s Simpson Street Productions and ABC Signature, where Spencer and her Orit Entertainment and Washington and Simpson Street are under deals.
Written and executive produced by Francis-Feusner, who also serves as showrunner, The Bobby Love Story is a dramatic true account of an escaped convict, Bobby Love, and his wife of 35+ years, Cheryl Love, who never knew his secret. Bobby Love and Cheryl Love serve as executive producers alongside Girls co-showrunner Jenni Konner.
The Loves’ story was featured in a 2020 multi-part series on Brandon Stanton’s Humans of New York blog where it went viral and led to a 10-way bidding war for the rights.
As a Black child in the Jim Crow South, Bobby Love found himself in legal trouble before his 14th birthday.
Written and executive produced by Francis-Feusner, who also serves as showrunner, The Bobby Love Story is a dramatic true account of an escaped convict, Bobby Love, and his wife of 35+ years, Cheryl Love, who never knew his secret. Bobby Love and Cheryl Love serve as executive producers alongside Girls co-showrunner Jenni Konner.
The Loves’ story was featured in a 2020 multi-part series on Brandon Stanton’s Humans of New York blog where it went viral and led to a 10-way bidding war for the rights.
As a Black child in the Jim Crow South, Bobby Love found himself in legal trouble before his 14th birthday.
- 10/21/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The end of summer and start of fall has seen the release of several books that qualify as major entries in film studies—specifically Fun City Cinema and Inland Empire—along with some wild, wooly appreciations for the likes of Shaun of the Dead and Kevin Smith. Read on for details about these and much more.
Fun City Cinema: New York City and the Movies That Made It by Jason Bailey (Abrams Books)
Billed as a visual history of a century of filmmaking in New York City, Fun City Cinema is the book NYC deserves, Jason Bailey without question the right author for the job. As he showed in books on Richard Pryor and 1970s detective pictures, Bailey is adept at analyzing why certain films and individuals make such a deep impact on the cultural and artistic landscape. Fun City Cinema might be his most ambitious yet—large-scale, photo-heavy, and...
Fun City Cinema: New York City and the Movies That Made It by Jason Bailey (Abrams Books)
Billed as a visual history of a century of filmmaking in New York City, Fun City Cinema is the book NYC deserves, Jason Bailey without question the right author for the job. As he showed in books on Richard Pryor and 1970s detective pictures, Bailey is adept at analyzing why certain films and individuals make such a deep impact on the cultural and artistic landscape. Fun City Cinema might be his most ambitious yet—large-scale, photo-heavy, and...
- 10/21/2021
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: In a very competitive situation with eight bidders, Sony Pictures Television’s TriStar has won the television rights to author Kirstin Chen’s upcoming novel Counterfeit. Chen will executive produce the series adaptation alongside Ben Smith of Captivate Entertainment and Kay Cannon and Laverne McKinnon through K&l Productions. The producers have started a search for a writer to pen the project.
In Counterfeit, as a strait-laced, rule-abiding Chinese American lawyer, Ava Wong has built the perfect life. But beneath this façade, Ava’s world is crumbling: her marriage is falling apart, her toddler’s tantrums are pushing her to the breaking point, and her expensive law degree hasn’t been used in years. Enter Winnie Fang, Ava’s enigmatic college roommate from Mainland China. Now, twenty years later, Winnie is looking to reconnect with her old friend. But the shy girl Ava once knew has been replaced with a confident woman of the world.
In Counterfeit, as a strait-laced, rule-abiding Chinese American lawyer, Ava Wong has built the perfect life. But beneath this façade, Ava’s world is crumbling: her marriage is falling apart, her toddler’s tantrums are pushing her to the breaking point, and her expensive law degree hasn’t been used in years. Enter Winnie Fang, Ava’s enigmatic college roommate from Mainland China. Now, twenty years later, Winnie is looking to reconnect with her old friend. But the shy girl Ava once knew has been replaced with a confident woman of the world.
- 10/15/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
“What was it like to grow up on television?” is a question Ron Howard and Clint Howard have been asked their whole lives. Perhaps because both quickly experienced what could be surmised as the Hollywood fairy tale, and what began as organic starts to the industry transitioned to a successful career as child actors and becoming household names, with Ron as an award-winning filmmaker and Clint an actor with over 200 credits. But despite growing up in showbiz, Ron and Clint Howard were always just “the boys,” as they title their new memoir, out Tuesday from William Morrow....
- 10/11/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Exclusive: Actor and former Navy Seal Remi Adeleke has signed a three-book deal with HarperCollins imprint William Morrow for a series of thrillers.
Adeleke, whose credits include Michael Bay movies 6 Underground and Transformers: The Last Knight, as well as the director’s upcoming movie Ambulance, is currently filming Lionsgate action movie The Plane with Gerard Butler. Upcoming he also has Amazon’s Navy Seal series Terminal List with Chris Pratt and he was a script consultant on upcoming Apple+ TV series, Invasion.
The Black Box series, which will be informed by Adeleke’s experiences in Human Intelligence Gathering, will introduce Nigerian-born Kali Kent and the Black Box special ops program, a top-secret program buried within the CIA. Kent, the son of a Nigerian tribal chief, is considered a chameleon agent within Black Box, whose agents are deployed to neutralize America’s most dangerous enemies.
David Highfill, VP, Executive Editor...
Adeleke, whose credits include Michael Bay movies 6 Underground and Transformers: The Last Knight, as well as the director’s upcoming movie Ambulance, is currently filming Lionsgate action movie The Plane with Gerard Butler. Upcoming he also has Amazon’s Navy Seal series Terminal List with Chris Pratt and he was a script consultant on upcoming Apple+ TV series, Invasion.
The Black Box series, which will be informed by Adeleke’s experiences in Human Intelligence Gathering, will introduce Nigerian-born Kali Kent and the Black Box special ops program, a top-secret program buried within the CIA. Kent, the son of a Nigerian tribal chief, is considered a chameleon agent within Black Box, whose agents are deployed to neutralize America’s most dangerous enemies.
David Highfill, VP, Executive Editor...
- 8/19/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Julie Anne Robinson, fresh off an Emmy nomination for directing Bridgerton, has optioned Vanessa Riley’s recently released novel Island Queen to develop for television via her UK-based Longboat Pictures production company, with Bridgerton star Adjoa Andoh attached to executive produce.
Island Queen is based on the true story of Dorothy “Doll” Kirwan Thomas, who was born enslaved, bought her freedom and became one of the wealthiest and most powerful landowners in the early 1800s Caribbean. Longboat Pictures secured the novel at the manuscript stage.
Robinson and Longboat co-founder and former ITV Senior Drama Commissioner Victoria Fea, will executive produce, along with Andoh.
“Vanessa has crafted a groundbreaking and inspiring story that vividly depicts the remarkable life of Dorothy Thomas,” Robinson said. “We are so excited to be bringing it to the screen, and I could not be happier to have this opportunity to continue the collaboration with Adjoa that began on Bridgerton.
Island Queen is based on the true story of Dorothy “Doll” Kirwan Thomas, who was born enslaved, bought her freedom and became one of the wealthiest and most powerful landowners in the early 1800s Caribbean. Longboat Pictures secured the novel at the manuscript stage.
Robinson and Longboat co-founder and former ITV Senior Drama Commissioner Victoria Fea, will executive produce, along with Andoh.
“Vanessa has crafted a groundbreaking and inspiring story that vividly depicts the remarkable life of Dorothy Thomas,” Robinson said. “We are so excited to be bringing it to the screen, and I could not be happier to have this opportunity to continue the collaboration with Adjoa that began on Bridgerton.
- 7/15/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In a preemptive outright screen rights purchase that sources peg at mid-seven figures plus performance bonuses, Don Winslow’s upcoming crime trilogy epic that starts with City On Fire has been taken off the table by Sony Pictures and Elizabeth Gabler’s 3000 Pictures.
Deadline tipped this one as a hot book project last week, and it didn’t take long to generate one of the biggest book deals of the year so far. Sony Pictures and Gabler’s 3000 Pictures (a partnership between Sony and HarperCollins) has acquired three complete novels that tell an epic crime saga. City On Fire, which follows the template of Homer’s The Iliad, will be published by William Morrow in September. The followup, City of Dreams, will be published a year later, and the third installment, City in Ashes, will be published September, 2023.
The Story Factory’s Shane Salerno will produce the films.
Deadline tipped this one as a hot book project last week, and it didn’t take long to generate one of the biggest book deals of the year so far. Sony Pictures and Gabler’s 3000 Pictures (a partnership between Sony and HarperCollins) has acquired three complete novels that tell an epic crime saga. City On Fire, which follows the template of Homer’s The Iliad, will be published by William Morrow in September. The followup, City of Dreams, will be published a year later, and the third installment, City in Ashes, will be published September, 2023.
The Story Factory’s Shane Salerno will produce the films.
- 6/1/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Author Don Winslow has set his first three-book series since his bestselling Border Trilogy that focused on the battle between the DEA and Mexican cartels. Winslow’s City on Fire sets off a different criminal war, when it gets launched September. The sequel City of Dreams comes in September 2022, followed by the third and as-yet-untitled book that follows a year later in fall 2023, all from William Morrow/HarperCollins.
All three books are finished, and they will be shopped for screen shortly after the Memorial Day holiday.
The trilogy focuses on two criminal empires — one Irish, the other Italian — that control all of New England, until a modern-day Helen of Troy tears them apart and starts a brutal war. The main character, Danny Ryan, is forced to grow from a street soldier into a ruthlessly efficient leader to protect his friends, his family and the home he loves. Fighting the Mafia,...
All three books are finished, and they will be shopped for screen shortly after the Memorial Day holiday.
The trilogy focuses on two criminal empires — one Irish, the other Italian — that control all of New England, until a modern-day Helen of Troy tears them apart and starts a brutal war. The main character, Danny Ryan, is forced to grow from a street soldier into a ruthlessly efficient leader to protect his friends, his family and the home he loves. Fighting the Mafia,...
- 5/25/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Annabel Abbs’ period cookery novel Miss Eliza’s English Kitchen is set for a television adaptation after CBS Studios and Stampede Ventures optioned the rights.
The two companies struck a deal for the screen rights to the book, which is being published by William Morrow and Simon & Schuster UK. It is the latest project to emerge out of Stampede Ventures’ first-look deal that the companies signed last September.
The book tells the story of an English poet, Eliza Acton, who dreams of seeing her words in print. However, when she takes her new manuscript to a publisher, she’s told that “poetry is not the business of a lady.” Instead, they want her to write a cookery book.
England in 1837 is awash with exciting new ingredients, from spices to exotic fruits, and that’s what publishers want from women. Despite never having cooked, Eliza is determined to learn. To assist her,...
The two companies struck a deal for the screen rights to the book, which is being published by William Morrow and Simon & Schuster UK. It is the latest project to emerge out of Stampede Ventures’ first-look deal that the companies signed last September.
The book tells the story of an English poet, Eliza Acton, who dreams of seeing her words in print. However, when she takes her new manuscript to a publisher, she’s told that “poetry is not the business of a lady.” Instead, they want her to write a cookery book.
England in 1837 is awash with exciting new ingredients, from spices to exotic fruits, and that’s what publishers want from women. Despite never having cooked, Eliza is determined to learn. To assist her,...
- 5/24/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Woman in the Window” is many things. But this star-studded, twisty Hitchcockian thriller was never intended to debut on May 14 on Netflix with a 40 Metascore. That was hardly the original plan for this handsome, well-appointed New York whodunit, cast with Oscar perennials like Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, and Julianne Moore, which was targeted for primetime October 4, 2019 release.
In many ways, “The Woman in the Window” is a revealing glimpse of studio filmmaking for smart adults that is vanishing into the rearview. Here’s what we know about what was then — and what is now.
Then: Fox 2000 picked up book rights.
Elizabeth Gabler, who ran the prestige label Fox 2000 from 2000-2019, is known for chasing top commercial literary properties such as Oscar-winning global hits “The Devil Wears Prada” ($326 million) and “The Life of Pi” ($609 million). She closed a deal with publisher William Morrow in September 2016 for screen rights to “The Woman in the Window,...
In many ways, “The Woman in the Window” is a revealing glimpse of studio filmmaking for smart adults that is vanishing into the rearview. Here’s what we know about what was then — and what is now.
Then: Fox 2000 picked up book rights.
Elizabeth Gabler, who ran the prestige label Fox 2000 from 2000-2019, is known for chasing top commercial literary properties such as Oscar-winning global hits “The Devil Wears Prada” ($326 million) and “The Life of Pi” ($609 million). She closed a deal with publisher William Morrow in September 2016 for screen rights to “The Woman in the Window,...
- 5/15/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
“The Woman in the Window” is many things. But this star-studded, twisty Hitchcockian thriller was never intended to debut on May 14 on Netflix with a 40 Metascore. That was hardly the original plan for this handsome, well-appointed New York whodunit, cast with Oscar perennials like Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, and Julianne Moore, which was targeted for primetime October 4, 2019 release.
In many ways, “The Woman in the Window” is a revealing glimpse of studio filmmaking for smart adults that is vanishing into the rearview. Here’s what we know about what was then — and what is now.
Then: Fox 2000 picked up book rights.
Elizabeth Gabler, who ran the prestige label Fox 2000 from 2000-2019, is known for chasing top commercial literary properties such as Oscar-winning global hits “The Devil Wears Prada” ($326 million) and “The Life of Pi” ($609 million). She closed a deal with publisher William Morrow in September 2016 for screen rights to “The Woman in the Window,...
In many ways, “The Woman in the Window” is a revealing glimpse of studio filmmaking for smart adults that is vanishing into the rearview. Here’s what we know about what was then — and what is now.
Then: Fox 2000 picked up book rights.
Elizabeth Gabler, who ran the prestige label Fox 2000 from 2000-2019, is known for chasing top commercial literary properties such as Oscar-winning global hits “The Devil Wears Prada” ($326 million) and “The Life of Pi” ($609 million). She closed a deal with publisher William Morrow in September 2016 for screen rights to “The Woman in the Window,...
- 5/15/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Atlas Entertainment and Gal Gadot and Jaron Varsano’s production label Pilot Wave have snapped up the rights to Catriona Silvey’s debut novel, Meet Me in Another Life, which the Wonder Woman star will headline in a feature adaptation.
Meet Me in Another Life, published yesterday, April 27, by HarperCollins’ William Morrow, centers on a man and woman who must unravel why they continue to meet in different versions of reality—a genre-bending, thrilling and imaginative exploration of the infinite forms of love and how choices can change everything. Thora and Santi are strangers in a foreign city when a chance encounter intertwines their fates. At once, they recognize in each other a kindred spirit—someone who shares their insatiable curiosity, who is longing for more in life than the cards they’ve been dealt. Only days later, though, a tragic accident cuts their story short. But this is only...
Meet Me in Another Life, published yesterday, April 27, by HarperCollins’ William Morrow, centers on a man and woman who must unravel why they continue to meet in different versions of reality—a genre-bending, thrilling and imaginative exploration of the infinite forms of love and how choices can change everything. Thora and Santi are strangers in a foreign city when a chance encounter intertwines their fates. At once, they recognize in each other a kindred spirit—someone who shares their insatiable curiosity, who is longing for more in life than the cards they’ve been dealt. Only days later, though, a tragic accident cuts their story short. But this is only...
- 4/28/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Gadot will produce alongside Jaron Varsano, Charles Roven and Richard Suckle
Gal Gadot will star in the feature adaptation of Catriona Silvey’s debut novel, “Meet Me in Another Life,” for which Atlas Entertainment and Pilot Wave won the rights.
Gadot will produce with Jaron Varsano for their production company Pilot Wave, alongside Charles Roven and Richard Suckle for Atlas Entertainment.
“Meet Me in Another Life” centers on a man and a woman who must figure out why they keep meeting in different versions of reality. The novel was published in the U.S. on April 27 by William Morrow (a division of HarperCollins Publishers) and will be released in the U.K. by Harper Voyager on July 8.
“Catriona’s characters are beautifully explored and deeply complex — their reincarnations sometimes bordering on taboo — that the payoff of their self-discovery feels genuine and earned,” Gadot and Varsano of Pilot Wave said in a statement.
Gal Gadot will star in the feature adaptation of Catriona Silvey’s debut novel, “Meet Me in Another Life,” for which Atlas Entertainment and Pilot Wave won the rights.
Gadot will produce with Jaron Varsano for their production company Pilot Wave, alongside Charles Roven and Richard Suckle for Atlas Entertainment.
“Meet Me in Another Life” centers on a man and a woman who must figure out why they keep meeting in different versions of reality. The novel was published in the U.S. on April 27 by William Morrow (a division of HarperCollins Publishers) and will be released in the U.K. by Harper Voyager on July 8.
“Catriona’s characters are beautifully explored and deeply complex — their reincarnations sometimes bordering on taboo — that the payoff of their self-discovery feels genuine and earned,” Gadot and Varsano of Pilot Wave said in a statement.
- 4/28/2021
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Gal Gadot is reteaming with Wonder Woman producers Charles Roven and Richard Suckle for a romance with a sci-fi twist.
Based on the debut novel of the same name from Catriona Silvey, Meet Me in Another Life follows Thora and Santi, kindred spirits that keep meeting in different versions of reality, where they could be friends, colleagues, lovers or enemies. They eventually come to a shocking revelation and must discover the truth of their mysterious attachment before their many lives come to a final end.
The novel was published in the U.S. on April 27 via William Morrow, a division of HarperCollins, and will hit shelves in ...
Based on the debut novel of the same name from Catriona Silvey, Meet Me in Another Life follows Thora and Santi, kindred spirits that keep meeting in different versions of reality, where they could be friends, colleagues, lovers or enemies. They eventually come to a shocking revelation and must discover the truth of their mysterious attachment before their many lives come to a final end.
The novel was published in the U.S. on April 27 via William Morrow, a division of HarperCollins, and will hit shelves in ...
- 4/28/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Gal Gadot is re-teaming with Wonder Woman producers Charles Roven and Richard Suckle for a romance with a sci-fi twist.
Based on the debut novel of the same name from Catriona Silvey, Meet Me in Another Life follows Thora and Santi, kindred spirits that keep meeting in different versions of reality, where they could be friends, colleagues, lovers, or enemies. They eventually come to a shocking revelation — they must discover the truth of their mysterious attachment before their many lives come to a final end.
The novel is due to be published in the U.S. on April 27 via William Morrow, a division of HarperCollins, and ...
Based on the debut novel of the same name from Catriona Silvey, Meet Me in Another Life follows Thora and Santi, kindred spirits that keep meeting in different versions of reality, where they could be friends, colleagues, lovers, or enemies. They eventually come to a shocking revelation — they must discover the truth of their mysterious attachment before their many lives come to a final end.
The novel is due to be published in the U.S. on April 27 via William Morrow, a division of HarperCollins, and ...
- 4/28/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Oscar-winning filmmaker Ron Howard and his brother, actor Clint Howard, have written a memoir together.
The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family will be published October 12th by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. The book will examine the brothers’ Hollywood childhoods, beginning with their careers as child actors. Although Ron found success on The Andy Griffith Show and Happy Days, he describes in the memoir the stress that came with his newfound fame and the bullying he endured by his peers. Likewise, although Clint snagged roles on Star Trek,...
The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family will be published October 12th by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. The book will examine the brothers’ Hollywood childhoods, beginning with their careers as child actors. Although Ron found success on The Andy Griffith Show and Happy Days, he describes in the memoir the stress that came with his newfound fame and the bullying he endured by his peers. Likewise, although Clint snagged roles on Star Trek,...
- 4/12/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson will publish his memoir, The Lives of Brian, on October 26th via Dey Street Books, an imprint of the William Morrow Group at HarperCollins.
The Lives of Brian will find Johnson covering his early life and career: chronicling his childhood growing up in a small town in England, starting his first band, and ultimately replacing AC/DC’s late first frontman, Bon Scott, and making the band’s 1980 classic, Back in Black.
“I’ve had some long nights and some great nights, some bad days...
The Lives of Brian will find Johnson covering his early life and career: chronicling his childhood growing up in a small town in England, starting his first band, and ultimately replacing AC/DC’s late first frontman, Bon Scott, and making the band’s 1980 classic, Back in Black.
“I’ve had some long nights and some great nights, some bad days...
- 4/12/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
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