Exec Shuffle, ‘Finding Your Roots’ To Return To PBS, Paramount Buys Alcatraz Pitch, CBS Buys ‘Adult Children’ Comedy

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Exec Shuffle for 10/19/15: BFI Launches Diversity Fund, David Linde Named CEO of Participant Media, Defy Media Shifts & More

Other exec shuffle news includes, Conde Nast acquiring music editorial site Pitchfork Media, Adam Weinstein being upped to partner at Verve talent and literary agency and Tyler Mitchell coming on board as SVP at Imagine Entertainment. (SSN)

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‘Finding Your Roots’ To Return To PBS After Ben Affleck Controversy

The PBS celebrity-genealogy series that came under scrutiny earlier this year after revelations of producers scrubbing an episode of a reference to slave-holding ancestors in actor Ben Affleck’s family, has found a new perch on PBS winter and spring schedule. (VAR)

Paramount Lands ‘Battle For Alcatraz’ Thriller From ‘Bridge of Spies’ Writer

Paramount beat out five other studios to nab the hot pitch Battle for Alcatraz. Neil Widener and Gavin James will write the script. The project also marks Bridge of Spies writer Matt Charman’s first foray into producing. (THR)

CBS Developing ‘Adult Children’ Comedy From Gaby Allan & Jennifer Crittenden

CBS has bought Adult Children, a half-hour comedy written/executive produced by Gabrielle Allan and Jennifer Crittenden. (DH)

‘Gambit’ Movie Circling Doug Liman To Direct

Director Rupert Wyatt exited his role as helmer of the upcoming X-Men spinoff feature, Gambit, but now it seems like it might be getting back on track with director Doug Liman. (CS)

CBS Developing 1950s Comedy From Lee Eisenberg & Gene Stupnitsky

CBS has given a script commitment with penalty to Dick Ernest, a period multi-camera comedy from writer-producers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky. (DH)

Why Netflix’s ‘Beasts Of No Nation’ Box Office Flop Doesn’t Matter

Netflix’s Beasts of No Nation was released simultaneously on the streaming platform and in 31 theaters this weekend but despite its Oscar buzz, box office registers failed to ring. (FOR)

Lauren Graham, Mae Whitman Teaming Up To Adapt ‘The Royal We’

CBS Films picked up the package to adapt the book by GoFugYourself.com creators Jessica Morgan and Heather Cocks. (THR)

What The Most Successful People Understand About Creative Work

Best-selling author Elizabeth Gilbert shares her ideas about the importance of constantly moving between extremes for creative success. (FC)