Johnny Depp LAPD Thriller ‘Labyrinth’ Picked Up By Open Road
Star plays detective who investigated murders of Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. (WRAP)
Space Comedy From Adam Sztykiel & Bill Lawrence Gets Production Commitment At NBC
The Undateable duo of creator/executive producer Adam Sztykiel and executive producer Bill Lawrence are back at NBC with another comedy project, Spaced Out. (DH)
‘Invitation’ Director Karyn Kusama To Helm Breed For 20th Century Fox
Karyn Kusama, Phil Hay, and Matt Manfredi have boarded the upcoming 20th Century Fox horror film Breed. Filmmaker Scott Frank will serve as producer for the project under his new production deal with the studio. (CS)
‘Fifty Shades’ Star Jamie Dornan In Talks For ‘Robin Hood: Origins’
Taron Egerton is on board as Robin Hood, Jamie Foxx will play Little John and Eve Hewson will portray Maid Marian in the retelling that is being directed by Otto Bathurst. (THR)
NBC Nabs ‘The Last Policeman’ Sci-Fi Cop Drama From Ben H. Winters & Neal Moritz
NBC has landed The Last Policeman, an adaptation of Ben H. Winters’ sci-fi mystery novel, with a put pilot commitment. Neal Moritz is producing. Sony TV is the studio. (DH)
Toronto: Sony Pictures Classics Picks Up Diane Lane’s ‘Paris Can Wait’
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired Eleanor Coppola’s narrative directing and writing debut Paris Can Wait for North America. (VAR)
Memo To Distributors: Buy These TIFF 2016 Movies
The biggest fall season festival is behind us and these movies still don’t have homes. Here’s a plea to change that. (IW)
Fox Acquires Don Winslow’s Next Book
20th Century Fox has pre-emptively acquired author Don Winslow’s upcoming and still untitled crime thriller novel. Scott Free’s Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer and Shane Salerno will produce. (DAR)
And Thus, Awards Season Begins
Awards season has begun. The good news is that this now means there are a whole lot of good flicks in our collective future. The bad news is that this is pretty much all we’re going to be hearing about for the next half a year or so. (TB)