Imperative Entertainment Nabs Hot Book ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ For $5 Million
After a truly major and heated bidding war involving studios, digital content streamers and financiers, the film rights to upcoming book Killers of the Flower Moon: An American Crime and the Birth of the FBI have been nabbed by Imperative Entertainment for an astonishing $5 million. (THR)
Weinstein Co. Distribution Head Erik Lomis Jumps To Megan Ellison’s Annapurna
Weinstein Co.’s longtime distribution president, Erik Lomis, is leaving the indie studio for Megan Ellison’s production company Annapurna Pictures. (LAT)
Working Title Acquires Film Rights To Hit West End Comedy ‘Nell Gwynn’
West End critical darling Nell Gwynn is headed to the big screen as Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner’s Working Title has just closed a deal for feature adaptation rights to the Restoration-era rags-to-riches tale by playwright Jessica Swale. (DH)
Danny Boyle In Talks To Direct Adaptation Of The Musical ‘Miss Saigon’
Boyle is in talks to helm an adaptation of the acclaimed musical Miss Saigon. The musical is an adaptation of Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly, which is about the doomed romance between an American lieutenant and a geisha. (COLL)
Amazon Is Bringing Back ‘The Tick’
The site ordered a pilot for The Tick, a continuation of the nine-episode 2001 Fox live-action superhero comedy, which was itself based on a comics series. Ben Edlund, who created the comics, the 1994 animated series, and the live-action TV series is back as a writer and executive producer. (VUL)
Jake Gyllenhaal Joins Ryan Reynolds, Rebecca Ferguson In ‘Life’
Jake Gyllenhaal is set to co-star with Ryan Reynolds and Rebecca Ferguson in Skydance’s sci-fi pic Life. Daniel Espinosa is directing the film, with David Ellison and Dana Goldberg producing along with Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lynn. (VAR)
Ali Larter Replaces Elisabeth Shue In Fox’s Baseball Pilot ‘Pitch’
Heroes alum Ali Larter has been cast in the Fox drama pilot Pitch, replacing former CSI Elisabeth Shue. Shue’s departure comes after creative differences over the direction of her character. (TVL)
Halle Berry Eyed For ‘Kingsman 2′
Screenwriters: ‘The Power Of One’