‘Three’s Company’ Movie In The Works With ‘He’s Just Not That Into You’ Writers
New Line is in negotiations to pick up the rights to the classic television series Three’s Company, and is tapping scribes Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein to pen the screenplay. (THR)
Studio 8 Options Daily Beast Article On Bank Robber Who Battled Al Qaeda; George Mastras To Adapt
Studio 8 has optioned The Possibly True Story Of The Super Burglar Trained To Rip Off Al Qaeda, an article published in The Daily Beast by Geoff Manaugh. George Mastras to adapt for the screen. (DH)
Studios Plan Two Competing Comedies About Uber
Universal recently picked up an Uber comedy pitch from Brendan O’Brien with Adam Mckay to produce. The next morning, Fox coughed up six-figures for a spec script called Stuber from writers Jonathan M. Goldstein and John Francis Daley. (VUL)
Julia Stiles Boards Oscar Winner Neil Jordan’s French Crime Series ‘Riviera’
Julia Stiles has set her luxurious sights on the south of France by joining Riviera, the upcoming sun-tinged crime series from Oscar winner Neil Jordan (The Borgias, The Crying Game). (YH)
Idris Elba To Star In Sky’s 1970s Political Drama Guerrilla
Idris Elba will star in a new Sky Atlantic drama Guerrilla about an underground cell in 1970s London by the Oscar-winning writer of 12 Years a Slave. (GUAR)
Sony’s Crackle Unveils Virtual-Reality Programming, Renews ‘Art of More,’ ‘SuperMansion’
Crackle, the free, ad-supported Internet TV service from Sony Pictures Television, announced that it will launch a virtual-reality experience and will offer sponsorship opportunities in VR to advertisers. (VAR)
Trailer Buzz: ‘The Magnificent Seven’
Director Antoine Fuqua brings his modern vision to a classic story in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures’ and Columbia Pictures’ The Magnificent Seven. (YT)
Trailer Buzz: ‘The Girl On The Train’
The first trailer for The Girl on the Train is out, featuring Emily Blunt as the frazzled Rachel, who’s caught up in the mystery of her ex-husband’s missing nanny. (EW)
Screenwriters: ‘Ali’
An undated, unspecified draft by Stephen J. Rivele & Christopher Wilkinson and Eric Roth & Michael Mann (Story by Gregory Allen Howard). (DS)