Leonardo DiCaprio Circles ‘Truevine’ Adaptation For Paramount
Leonardo DiCaprio is looking to star in an adaptation of Beth Macy’s celebrated historical novel Truevine: Two Brothers, A Kidnapping, And a Mother’s Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South. (WRAP)
Netflix Nears Series Order For Racially Charged Drama From ‘The Killing’ Creator, ‘The Accountant’ Director & Fox 21
Netflix is finalizing negotiations with Fox 21 TV Studios for Seven Seconds. The project hails from The Killing creator Veena Sud, with Gavin O’Connor attached to direct. (DH)
Joe Johnston To Helm Chinese-Shot ‘Starfall’
Veteran director Joe Johnston has come on board to helm the science-fiction action movie Starfall which will shoot in China for Wanda. (DAR)
Alec Baldwin Exits Rob Reiner’s ‘Shock And Awe’
Alec Baldwin, who was to play a weeklong role in Rob Reiner’s Iraq movie Shock And Awe, has exited the film over financial timing issues. (DH)
ABC To Adapt Wall Street Drama ‘Equity’ From Amy Pascal Into TV Show
The network is adapting the 2016 financial thriller Equity starring Anna Gunn into a television series from The Strain producer Regina Corrado and ex-Sony head Amy Pascal. The drama hails from Sony TV’s TriStar Television. (THR)
Peter Sarsgaard To Hunt Javier Bardem In ‘Escobar’
Penelope Cruz co-stars in the upcoming film by Fernando León De Aranoa. (IW)
‘Orange Is The New Black’ Actor Brad William Henke Joins Will Smith In ‘Bright’
Brad William Henke has joined Will Smith and Joel Edgerton in Netflix’s Bright. Noomi Rapace and Lucy Fry also star in the pic. David Ayer is directing the $90 million-budgeted pic. (VAR)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt To Star In Sci-fi Film ‘Sovereign’
The Snowden actor is on board to star in Sovereign, a sci-fi thriller from British director Marc Munden. (EW)
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like A Crowded Christmas Box Office
Fox’s move with Hidden Figures to December 25th, makes it the 16th major movie that will hit screens in a five day period. Mix in the three wide releases coming out on December 16th, and that makes it 19. (TB)