SSN’s Development Pick List, ‘Jurassic World’ Writing Credits Settled, Russo Brothers Officially On Next Two ‘Avengers’, TV Development For 4/7/15

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Last week we revealed some of the sources behind where we find rising talent and creative projects. This week, we’re returning to form and releasing our latest list of the hidden gems from around the web. With millions of creative projects posted daily, the internet can be a vast city. Luckily, SSN is here to shine a light on it. (SSN)

TV Development For 4/7/15: Discovery Greenlights First US TV Series To Film In Cuba, Netflix Moves Into a Fuller House

Just about three dozen new projects this week, including something new from Bob Odenkirk and David Cross, Kevin James’ still untitled return to TV, and plenty of both scripted and unscripted fare. Click the link to get the fully skinny. (SSN)

TODAY’S HEADLINES

There Is Peace In ‘Jurassic World’, as Writing Credit Dispute Gets Settled

After a trying WGA arbitration process, the credit scroll on the film will read: Screenplay by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver and Colin Trevorrow & Derek Connolly; Story by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver; Based on characters created by Michael Crichton. Universal initially supported sole credit for Trevorrow (the film’s director), and Connolly. (DH)

Not News, Necessarily, But Now It’s Official: Russo Brothers On Marvel’s Next Two ‘Avengers’

Joe and Anthony Russo, who directed Captain America: The Winter Soldier and are currently shooting Captain America: Civil War, will helm The Avengers: Infinity War, Parts 1 and 2. The two films are scheduled to come out the last weekend in April of 2018 and 2019. No word yet on who will be writing the two films. (EMP)

More Official News, Olivia Wilde and Garrett Hedlund Are Returning For ‘Tron 3’

Pair will reprise their characters from 2010’s Tron: Legacy in the sequel that is being directed by Joseph Kosinski. Legacy was the sequel to the 1982 sci-fi film that drew a big cult following and became an influence on filmmakers and pop culture. Disney has been developing a sequel to Legacy since the movie grossed $400 million worldwide. The project is now looking to shoot this fall, likely in Vancouver. Plot details are being kept offline. (THR)

Lionsgate Chairman Set To Sell Off 20 Percent Of His Holdings In the Company

Mark Rachesky is selling 10 million shares of his Lionsgate stock with a value of about $330 million. The sale, announced after the market closed, is being made through a secondary offering through his MHR Fund Management LLC, which hold 51.26 million Lionsgate shares and represents a 35% stake. Lionsgate will not sell any shares in the offering and will not receive any proceeds from the offering. (VAR)

So, According To Christoph Waltz, He Really Is NOT Playing Ernst Blofeld In ‘Spectre’

The two-time Oscar winner has been rumored to play the villain in the upcoming James Bond film, which hits theaters in November, but when information came out in the fall, his character’s name was listed as Franz Oberhauser. The rumor was that this was a front, and that he is actually playing the famous Bond villain, but now, in an interview, he has shot it down one more time, saying it is “absolutely untrue.” (COL)

Sony Taps Oscar-Nominated Rising Star Tim Reckart for CG-Animated Debut

Sony Pictures Animation today announced that Reckart will develop and make his feature directorial debut The Lamb. A fully CG-animated feature project, movie tells the story of a young lamb who will change the world. It's based on an original pitch by Tom Sheridan and will be produced by DeVon Franklin under his banner Franklin Entertainment. Reckart earned a nomination in 2013 for his stop-motion animated Head Over Heels.  (TOH)

Sacrilege or Genius? There Is Apparently a ‘Hot Dog … The Movie’ Remake In Motion

Mike Marvin, who wrote the 1984 cult classic ski film, is on track for what’s now being primarily called a remake. A script is written, and financing of $12 miilion has reportedly been procured. Marvin, who went from the original to directing Hamburger: The Motion Picture and The Wraith (and the ski scenes in Better Off Dead), may also take the helm here. (FSR)

Barkhad Abdi Is Returning To the Big Screen With Starring Role In New Indie

The Captain Phillips Oscar nominee has booked a lead role in the Detroit-set indie drama The Wolf Who Cried Boy, opposite Torrey Wigfield in the other lead role. The story, described as "anti-coming-of-age," centers on a young man who gets swept into the seedy underbelly of the scrapping industry. Abdi will play a limo driver who acts as a fence for the stolen copper. (SAA)