Dwayne Johnson-Rawson Thurber China Action Pitch Stirs Big Bids
An action pitch that Rawson Marshall Thurber is writing and will direct is generating a bidding war. Dwayne Johnson is attached to star in the project, which is being described as a Die Hard in China. (DH)
‘Boxcar Children’ Animated Movie Series In The Works At Shout Factory
Shout Factory and Legacy Classics have entered into a production partnership and film distribution deal for a slate of new family movies based on several best-selling classic and contemporary children’s book series, with Gertrude Chandler Warner‘s The Boxcar Children first on the list. (WRAP)
Amazon Next Pilot Wave Includes Dramas ‘The Last Tycoon,’ ‘The Interestings’
Amazon Studios announced two hour-long dramas co-produced with TriStar Television — The Last Tycoon based F. Scott Fitzgerald’s final work and The Interestings, adapted from Meg Wolitzer’s best-selling novel. (VAR)
Gulfstream Pictures Acquires Rights To Richard N. Goodwin’s Play About Galileo
Gulfstream Pictures has acquired the feature film rights to Richard N. Goodwin’s play The Hinge of the World, which focuses on the clash between astronomer Galileo Galilei and Pope Urban VII. (THR)
Stephen King’s ‘Mr. Mercedes’ TV Series In The Works Starring Anton Yelchin And Brendan Gleeson
Stephen King’s best-selling novel Mr. Mercedes is getting the television treatment. At&T’s Audience Network has greenlit a 10-episode straight-to-series order for David E. Kelley’s adaptation. (IW)
‘Limitless’ Cancelled By CBS, Season 2 Not Happening
CBS decided that 22 episodes was the limit for what it wants to give viewers on its first-year show Limitless and the cancellation order was given. (CB)
‘Peaky Blinders,’ ‘The A Word’ Renewed By BBC
Peaky Blinders, the hit historical British gangster series fronted by Cillian Murphy and distributed by Netflix in the U.S., is to get a fourth and fifth season. (THR)
CBS Reorders ‘Superior Donuts’ Pilot Starring Jermaine Fowler
The network has re-ordered the multi-cam Superior Donuts pilot based on the play by Tracy Letts. (SS)
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