Lionsgate To Produce ‘MacGyver’ Movie
Lionsgate will produce a new film based on the TV series MacGyver. The film will be produced by Neal Moritz and MacGyver creator Lee David Zlotoff. (WRAP)
Netflix Renews ‘Orange is the New Black’ For Three More Seasons
Netflix has renewed Orange is the New Black for three additional seasons. The fourth season of the prison-set comedic drama, from creator and executive producer Jenji Kohan, will premiere on June 17. (THR)
Lionsgate Picks Up ‘Magic Tree House’ Series
The production company has acquired the rights to the Magic Tree House series with an eye toward developing a multi-film, live-action adaptation under its Summit Entertainment banner. (SR)
Brit actress Rosamund Pike is circling long-gestating project Guernsey with Harry Potter director Mike Newell also in the mix to direct. (DH)
‘Ghost In The Shell’ Movie Casts Hannibal’s Michael Pitt As Villain
Actor Michael Pitt has joined the cast of Ghost in the Shell as The Laughing Man, the iconic villain fans of the manga know all too well as the extremist leader who’s hellbent on twarting the efforts of Hanka Robotics. (IGN)
Jonas Cuaron To Write And Direct New ‘Zorro’ Movie, ‘Z’
Netflix Orders Sophia Amoruso’s ‘#Girlboss’ To Series
The streaming giant is teaming with Kay Cannon and Charlize Theron to turn Sophia Amoruso’s popular autobiography into a comedy series. Cannon (Pitch Perfect) will serve as the showrunner. (VAR)
Fox Just Gave The Lonely Island Their Own ‘SNL’
The comedy threesome will collaborate with Paul Scheer in producing a half-hour sketch-comedy series for Fox called Party Over Here. (VUL)
Screenwriters: ‘Singin’ In The Rain’
The May 23, 1951, unspecified draft by Adolph Green & Betty Comden. (DS)