Comcast In Talks To Buy DreamWorks Animation For $3 Billion
Comcast is in talks to acquire DreamWorks Animation a deal worth more than $3 billion. DWA has been on the block for more than three years, drawing overtures but no suitors that went all the way to a deal. (VAR)
FX Options Don DeLillo Novel ‘Zero K’ For Scott Rudin Productions
Author Don DeLillo’s latest novel, Zero K, is to be published in the U.S. next month by Scribner. FX has optioned the futuristic tome for Scott Rudin Productions as part of Rudin’s deal with Fox Network Group. (DH)
’24’ Reboot, Lee Daniels’ ‘Star’ Snag Early Series Orders At Fox
Fox is getting an early jump on Upfront week, ordering 24: Legacy and Lee Daniels’ Star to series. (TVL)
‘Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later’ Is Coming To Netflix
The streaming service announced that Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later will premiere in 2017. The eight-episode season is Netflix’s follow-up to Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, which acted as a prequel to the cult classic. (TVG)
‘Dennis the Menace’ Remake Lands Writer
Warner Bros. has hired The Boy screenwriter Stacey Menear to write the script for its remake of Dennis the Menace. The project is being produced by Gil Netter. (VAR)
‘Wolverine 3′ Finds Its Mad Scientist
British actor Richard E. Grant is joining Hugh Jackman in Wolverine 3. The movie is heading towards a May start. (THR)
Trailer Buzz: ‘Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie’
Edina and Patsy are back with a vengeance, taking to the big screen in the new Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie international trailer. (EW)
Trailer Buzz: ‘Snowden’
First footage of Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Oliver Stone’s new biopic. (IW)
Screenwriters: ‘Empire Of The Sun’
An unspecified, undated draft. (DS)