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After years in the film world, I thought I'd share with you the scoop on some up-and-coming projects. Look here for an ongoing list of books, DVDs, comics, etc. that are being adapted in to film and television projects. Be in the know before you get to the theater!
Highlander DVD
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Summit Entertainment is bringing back to the big screen the 1986 sci-fi cult hit "Highlander," with "Iron Man" co-writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway on board to pen the reimagining. The original "Highlander" starred Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Clancy Brown as immortal beings battling among humans, hunting down one another and collecting more power. Lambert played Scottish swordsman Connor MacLeod, Connery an Egyptian and Clancy a barbarian known as the Kurgan. "There can be only one" was a line repeated throughout the film. The movie spawned four sequels and three television series. (via Hollywood Reporter)
Updated May 20, 2008
Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
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Next from the author of Nicholas Sparks...
Lasse Hallstrom is set to direct Channing Tatum in “Dear John,” a Nicholas Sparks book adaptation that starts production in September. Screen Gems and Relativity Media have come aboard the film, which had been developed by Temple Hill partners Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey for New Line as part of their first-look producing deal. It is one of the first high-profile titles to be put into turnaround since New Line was downsized. Bowen and Godfrey are producing. Relativity’s Ryan Kavanaugh and Tucker Tooley will exec produce. Tatum stars as a soldier who, while home on leave, falls for a conservative college student. Relativity will fully finance the film, while Screen Gems will distribute domestically and in a few other territories. (via Variety)
Updated May 20, 2008
Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
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Olympus Pictures and Rob Morrow’s Bits & Pieces Picture Co. are producing a feature version of Robert Charles Wilson’s sci-fi thriller “Spin.” Olympus exec Leslie Urdang, who brought the property in, will produce. The novel, which won the Hugo Award, centers on a young scientist trying to save humanity from the impending apocalypse of a “spin” that has enveloped the Earth amid realization that salvation may be found with the discovery of life on Mars. “Spin” is the first of a planned trilogy, published by Tor Books. “Axis” was released last year and will be followed by “Vortex.” Wilson’s other works include Hugo Award nominees “Blind Lake,” “The Chronoliths” and “Darwinia” (1998). (via Variety)
Updated May 20, 2008
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
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Harvey Weinstein is working his magic to bring “The Alchemist” to the bigscreen more than a decade after author Paolo Coelho sold the film rights to his bestselling novel. Production on the $60 million project is set to start late spring with Weinstein personally producing for the Weinstein Co., which will also handle worldwide sales. Laurence Fishburne acquired the feature rights with indie banner A-Mark Entertainment from Warner Bros. Fishburne is still attached to direct, star and produce although Weinstein will be bringing in a new writer, reportedly an Oscar-winning scribe, to deliver a fresh draft of the script. “The Lord of the Rings” producer Barrie Osborne has, however, ankled the project. He had been due to co-produce with Fishburne and Helen Sugland while the project had been set at A-Mark. Weinstein is believed to have acquired the film rights from Fishburne and A-Mark for just under $3 million. Weinstein Co. refused to comment on the size of the deal, which was brokered by Paradigm Motion Picture Finance Group, who also rep Fishburne. Move is something of a coup for Weinstein, who was in an ebullient mood at the Cannes confab announcing the deal. (via Variety)
Updated May 19, 2008
Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory by Mickey Rapkin: Books
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Universal hopes to hit just the right note with “Pitch Perfect,” acquiring the rights to a nonfiction tome by Mickey Rapkin for Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman to produce. Kay Cannon (”30 Rock”) has been tapped to write the adaptation, which Banks and Handelman will produce under their Brownstone Prods. shingle. Rapkin, senior editor at GQ magazine, spent a season covering competitive collegiate a cappella. He followed the teams from Tuft University, the University of Oregon and the University of Virginia, writing about the singing, groupies, partying and rivalries. “Pitch” is intended to be a comedy set in that world. Rapkin’s book is due out this month via Gotham Books. Banks and Handelman are also producing the in-production Disney sci-fi thriller “The Surrogates” along with Mandeville Films. Banks, who is not attached to act in “Pitch,” next shoots Oliver Stone’s “W.” She is repped at UTA and Untitled. Cannon is a writer and performer on “30 Rock” and did a rewrite on “Baby Mama.” She is repped by Endeavor and Brillstein Entertainment. (via Variety)
Updated May 19, 2008
The Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson
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George Clooney will topline, and his Smoke House partner Grant Heslov will helm, “Men Who Stare at Goats.” Pic is an adaptation of British journalist Jon Ronson’s book about the U.S. Army’s First Earth Battalion, a unit that was to use paranormal powers. Title refers to the notion that one can kill a goat by staring at it. Script was penned by Brit Peter Straughan (”How to Lose Friends and Alienate People”). The project has been around for some time, but international buyers only just received the script this week as the Cannes fest and market got started. Script topped the 2007 Brit List of best unproduced screenplays. Financing and producing mix, which is still in flux, is expected to include Winchester, BBC Films and Mandate Pictures. (via Variety)
Updated May 16, 2008
The Facttracker by Jason Carter Eaton, Pascale Constantin
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MGM has acquired rights to the Jason Carter Eaton children’s book “The Facttracker” and will turn it into a live-action feature to be directed by David Silverman. Silverman helmed the animated hits “The Simpsons Movie” and “Monsters, Inc.” The author and his writing partner, Ian Lendler, will pen the script. Shawn Levy will produce with Marc Platt in a co-production between their 21 Laps and Marc Platt Prods. banners. Tom McNulty and Adam Siegel also will produce. Book is a fable about Traakerfaxx, a town that produces all the facts in the world. The arrival of a salesman who peddles lies throws the town into chaos, and a young orphan and the reclusive Facttracker team up to save the town from becoming a haven for fibs. Endeavor repped Silverman and Levy, and Mary Evans Inc. brokered the book deal. (via Variety)
Updated May 16, 2008
Up in the Air by Walter Kirn
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Jason Reitman will write and is attached to direct Walter Kirn’s novel “Up in the Air” for Montecito. The long-gestating project teams the “Juno” helmer with his father, Ivan Reitman, who heads up Montecito along with Tom Pollock. Story centers on a ruthless human resources exec whose only joy in life comes from the prospect of notching his millionth frequent flyer mile, a goal he pursues with zeal as the rest of his life falls apart because he is constantly on the road. (via Variety)
Updated May 15, 2008
Goosebumps House of Horrors Boxed Set: R.L. Stine
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Columbia Pictures has acquired rights from Scholastic Media to bring R.L. Stine’s young-adult “Goosebumps” series to the bigscreen. “Goosebumps” has never been adapted for the bigscreen, despite selling 300 million books — a young-adult feat second only to Scholastic’s “Harry Potter” series . Scholastic’s Deborah Forte is producing alongside Neal Moritz via his Sony-based Original Film banner. Studio is fast-tracking the project and is focusing on finding a writer. (via Variety)
Updated May 15, 2008
Piranha DVD
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The Weinstein Co. is going 3-D. Dimension Films is producing “Piranha 3-D,” a remake of Joe Dante’s 1978 cult classic about a school of flesh-eating piranhas released into a summer resort. Alexandre Aja (”The Hills Have Eyes”) will helm the project and co-write the script with “Hills” scribe Gregory Levasseur based on a draft by Peter Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg. The Weinstein Co., whose previous “Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over” grossed $197 million worldwide, is working with 3-D specialist Neville Page (”Star Trek,” “Avatar”) to create the project’s peckish piscatorial creatures. Dimension has rights to U.S. and English-speaking territories. The Weinstein Co. will be selling international rights at Cannes. Mark Canton is producing along with Marc Toberoff, Alix Taylor and J. Todd Harris from IPW. Aja and Levasseur will also get a producer credit. (via Variety)
Updated May 15, 2008
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