Disney Plans Musical ‘Oliver Twist’ With Ice Cube, ‘Hamilton’ Director
Disney Studios is teaming with Ice Cube and Thomas Kail, the Tony-winning director of Hamilton, for a modern and musical take on Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. (THR)
Shawn Levy To Direct ‘Uncharted’; PlayStation Vidgame Movie On Fast Track
Sony Pictures has set Shawn Levy to direct Uncharted, the long-awaited live-action feature film based on the PlayStation video game series featuring the treasure hunter Nathan Drake. (DH)
Fox Animation Snags ‘Girl Who Drank the Moon’; Marc Haimes To Script
Fox Animation has acquired rights to Kelly Barnhill’s widely acclaimed children’s fantasy novel The Girl Who Drank the Moon, and has tapped Kubo and the Two Strings co-writer Marc Haimes for the script adaptation. (AM)
Sony Motion Picture Head Tom Rothman To Receive PGA Milestone Award
Sony Motion Picture Group Chairman Tom Rothman will be honored with the 2017 Producers Guild of American Milestone Award. (WRAP)
Paramount Plans Pic Series On Brit Spy Alex Hawke
Paramount Pictures has acquired rights to the Ted Bell action espionage novel series. The studio has set Salt scribe Kurt Wimmer to adapt, with Lorenzo di Bonaventura producing. (DH)
American, Canadian Animation Digital Studios Merge To Create Wow! Unlimited
Fred Seibert’s Frederator Networks has been acquired by Escape From Planet Earth studio Rainmaker Entertainment to create a kids and animation powerhouse. (THR)
Scarlett Johansson And Jennifer Lawrence Are Battling In Zelda Fitzgerald Biopics
Scarlett Johansson and Jennifer Lawrence will be thrown into an involuntary comparison battle in the near future, as the two stars are each slated to portray the late Zelda Fitzgerald in dueling biopics. (EN)
Malkovich, Brody, Banderas Join ‘Unchained’
Adrien Brody, John Malkovich and Antonio Banderas are set to star in the Reservoir Dogs-style thriller Unchained for Millennium Films. Shooting begins November 14th. (DAR)
‘Notorious’ Season 1 Order Cut At ABC
ABC has cut the struggling freshman drama’s Season 1 order from 13 episodes to just 10. However, the ratings-challenged series has not been cancelled. (TVL)