SSN ORIGINALS
SSN Events Calendar: AFI, Spectre, AFM, & The Final Hunger Games Are All In Store This November
Other November events you won’t want to miss include, the CMA Awards, the Miami Book Fair and the Gotham Awards. (SSN)
Film Development for 10/29/15: Disney Sets Idris Elba Among Others For Zootopia, George Clooney Circles Coen Bros. Film, Paramount Puts Ferrari Movie Into Drive
Other film development news includes, writer Scott Rosenberg signing on to write the Jumanji remake at Columbia, Ken Marino signing on to direct the Latin Lover comedy at Lionsgate and Paramount announcing a Dora the Explorer movie. (SSN)
OTHER HEADLINES
Fox TV Group COO Joe Earley To Step Down
The veteran Fox executive will exit at the year’s end. The news comes some 14 months after Earley had been upped to his current role as COO of the Fox TV Group. (THR)
YA Novel ‘Simon Vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda’ Acquired By Fox 2000
Fox 2000 has acquired Simon Vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda, a debut novel by Becky Albertelli that will be produced by Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen and Isaac Klausner of Temple Hill, and Pouya Shahbazian of New Leaf. (DH)
Netflix Adapting ‘13 Reasons Why’ Into Selena Gomez Series
Netflix is in final negotiations to adapt the best-selling young adult novel 13 Reasons Why as a 13-episode series with Selena Gomez set to exec produce. (VAR)
‘Walking Dead’ Star Norman Reedus Lands A New Motorcycle Show
The cable network is teaming with The Walking Dead star for a six-episode docuseries exploring motorcycle culture. (BI)
Spike Lee’s Amazon Movie ‘Chi-raq’ To Get Roadside/Lionsgate Release December 4
Amazon Studios has set the release strategy for the Spike Lee-directed Chi-raq, which is the company’s first theatrical feature. Amazon has set a December 4 release date and has brought in Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate. (DH)
Willem Dafoe Joins Nicolas Cage In ‘Dog Eat Dog’
Arclight Films and Pure Dopamine have announced the addition of Willem Dafoe to the crime-thriller, Dog Eat Dog, based on the award-winning book. Production has just begun on the film, directed by Paul Schrader. (CS)
Scared Young: 6 Teen Horror Novels Ready For Film
There’s an oddly overlooked area of the scare-lit genre that deserves some attention on the movie-making front: Young Adult Horror. Word and Film lists a few YA horror novels that are either making their way to the screen – or should be. (WF)