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Film Development for 10/15/15: Godzilla vs. Kong to Square Off, Robert Rodriguez Circling Alita: Battle Angel, Jennifer Lawrence in Talks for Darren Aronofsky Project
Other film development news includes, Furious 8 finding its director in F. Gary Gray, John Ridley attaching to direct Universal’s LA Riots movie and Fox acquiring a spec for Matthew Vaughn to direct and produce. (SSN)
OTHER HEADLINES
TV Series About Michael Jackson’s Last Days In Works At Warner Bros. TV Under Deal With Tavis Smiley
Warner Bros. Television Group has signed an exclusive pod deal with Tavis Smiley. One of first projects under the deal will be TV series adaptations of Smiley’s book: the upcoming Before You Judge Me: The Triumph And Tragedy of Michael Jackson’s Last Days. (DH)
‘Graceland’s’ Aaron Tveit Cast As Male Lead In CBS’ ‘BrainDead’
The Graceland grad has landed a starring role opposite previously cast Mary Elizabeth Winstead in CBS’ comic thriller BrainDead, from The Good Wife‘s Robert and Michelle King. (TVL)
‘Room’ Writer Sells New Novel
Room writer Emma Donoghue has sold The Wonder, a new novel, to Little Brown for publication in the fall of 2016. (THR)
Pilgrim Studios Launches Digital-Video Service With 6 Original Series
Anne Heche Nearing Deal To Co-Star In Epix Comedy ‘Graves’
Descendants 2 In The Works At Disney Channel
As fan fervor for Disney’s Descendants grows, a sequel is in the works from the movie’s screenwriters Sara Parriott and Josann McGibbon. Descendants is cable television’s fifth highest-rated movie of all-time. (CS)
Pixar Celebrates 20th Anniversary With Touching BFF Supercut
The 10 Most Common Reasons Why Scripts Are Rejected
Would you believe that 98 percent of spec scripts are dead on arrival? Here’s how to make sure that yours isn’t one of them. (IW)