DreamWorks Snaps Up ‘Voyeur’s Motel’ For Sam Mendes To Direct
The studio has bought the film rights to the Gay Talese-penned article that ran in the April 11 issue of The New Yorker. Mendes is attached to direct the project, which had several studios in pursuit over the past day. Steven Spielberg will produce. (THR)
Bidding War Begins Over Rights To Live Action Pokemon Movie
DWA Adds Volume And Lustre To ‘Trolls’ Cast List
The cast of DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls continues grow with the announced addition of Zooey Deschanel, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Quvenzhané Wallis and John Clees. (AM)
Peter Bart: New CAA Book Lets Subjects Tell Their Own Story – But What’s The Truth?
In writing his new book about the CAA talent agency, James Andrew Miller uses an unusual format for “getting it right”: His book is mainly told through direct quotations from the principals. (DH)
Daniel Webber, Eliza Taylor To Star In Police Drama ‘Thumper’
Daniel Webber and Eliza Taylor will star in the independent police drama Thumper. Jordan Ross is directing from a script he co-wrote with Matt Michnovetz. Production on the project is scheduled to start in May. (VAR)
‘American Gods’ Adds Crispin Glover, ‘Kingdom’s’ Jonathan Tucker
Starz continues to fill out its pantheon of American Gods: Crispin Glover and Jonathan Tucker have joined the upcoming fantasy drama as deities of varying degree. (TVL)
‘Doctor Foster’ Star Jodie Comer Lands Lead Role In Starz-BBC Sequel ‘The White Princess’
Jodie Comer, best known for her turn as the 22-year-old mistress/homewrecker in BBC’s ratings phenomenon Doctor Foster, has landed the plum title role in The White Princess, the sequel to the acclaimed historical TV drama The White Queen. (DH)
New ‘Angry Birds Movie’ Poster Unleashes A Piggypocalypse
Rovio’s Angry Birds will imagine how that famous bird/pig rivalry came into being in an animated world. Here are the key figures in the summer’s movie, The Angry Birds Movie, laid out in a new poster. (EMP)
Screenwriters: ‘Office Space’
The December 9, 1997 first revised draft by Mike Judge. (DS)