Management Apps to Clean Your Workflow, Brad Pitt’s Netflix Project, Warner and New Line Win Pair Of Bidding Wars, On the Set For 6/8/15

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ScriptNoted and the Seven Management Apps To Clean Up Your Workflow, Collaborate With the Team and Secure Your Files

If you work in the tech industry you probably have already been using a cloud-based project management system to get your work done. Beyond email or to-do lists, project management applications allow all of the parts of your work like correspondence and data storage to be in one place, in ways that are actionable and collaborative. The applications are powerful to say the least, but haven’t put to good use in the entertainment industry. (SSN)

On the Set For 6/8/15: Paul Feig & Melissa McCarthy Start Shooting ‘Ghostbusters’, Ryan Reynolds Finishes ‘Deadpool’, and More

Among the other projects that are now up and running are Marc Forster’s new film, starring Blake Lively and Jason Clarke, and Heather Graham’s directorial debut, not to mention Denis Villeneuve’s Story Of Your Life, with Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker. Meanwhile, indies City Of Tiny Lights and Devil’s Gate finish principal photography. (SSN)

TODAY’S HEADLINES

Brad Pitt Becomes the Latest Star To Team Up With Netflix For a New Project

The online streaming service announced plans to produce Pitt's new satirical comedy, War Machine, loosely based on Michael Hasting's bestseller The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War in Afghanistan. Written and directed by David Michôd, the film will follow Pitt's "four-star 'rock star' general" as he commands American troops in Afghanistan. Netflix plans to release the film in theaters and exclusively to its streaming members in 2016. (HP)

Warner Wins a Bidding War For a Brand New Fantasy Novel, With Ellen DeGeneres On Board To Produce

Studio won a heated bidding war for the rights to Uprooted, the new fantasy novel from Hugo Award-nominated Naomi Novik, the author behind the dragon-laced Temeraire book series. Making a rare foray into features with the tome is DeGeneres, who will produce the adaptation with Jeff Kleeman, her partner at A Very Good Production banner. Warners beat out Lionsgate and Fox 2000 for the book, with dealmaking happening over the weekend. (HV)

Meanwhile, New Line Also Wins a Bidding War For a Book Of Its Own

A bidding battle that had four studios contending ended with the studio and San Andreas producer Beau Flynn acquiring screen rights to The Thrifty Time Traveler’s Guide, a book series being written by screenwriter Jonathan Stokes. Deal was mid-six figures against seven. Stokes pitched studios last week, with an idea that is in the vein of Goonies and Night At The Museum, with a time-travel twist. Stokes will write the script and the hope is to hatch a franchise. (DH)

Scott Rudin Inks Mega Multi-Year First Look Deal with Fox Networks Group

Three-year deal has Rudin developing and producing television projects for Fox Broadcasting, FX Networks and National Geographic Channel. All projects developed for Fox will be produced by Twentieth Century Fox TV, and those developed for FX Networks and National Geographic Channel will be produced by FX Productions. (VAR)

‘Punk’d’ Goes To the Movies! MTV Show’s Co-Creator Moves Forward With Celebrity Prank Movie Series

Jason Goldberg, who with Ashton Kutcher created one of MTV’s signature series, has partnered STX Entertainment for what would be a series of movies — currently untitled — around the $5 million budget range that would ideally be released around April Fool's Day. The new studio founded by veteran executive Robert Simonds, does not yet have an international distribution apparatus, so it is in talks with Warner Bros. to distribute the films outside the U.S. (THR)

Get Ready For Another Video Game To Be Turned Into a Movie, as ‘Cut the Rope’ Is Now Moving Forward

ZeptoLab and Blockade Entertainment are developing an animated feature based on the popular mobile game about a little green monster who demands candy. Tentatively titled Om Nom, ZeptoLab and Blockade plan to have the Cut the Rope movie in theaters next year. Originally launched in 2010, the Cut the Rope series of games has been downloaded over 700 million times to date. (SF)

And Now For Something Completely Different: Fourteen Secrets Of Really Persuasive People

Whether you’re convincing your boss to fund your project or your preschooler to wipe his own butt after using the bathroom, persuasion is a skill that's instrumental to your success in life. Persuasive people have an uncanny ability to get you leaning toward their way of thinking. Their secret weapon is likeability. They get you to like more than their ideas; they get you to like them. Here are some tricks of the trade that exceptionally persuasive people use to their advantage. (TS)

Trailer Buzz: ‘Ricki and the Flash’

TriStar Pictures has released the first international trailer from its upcoming comedy-drama starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Mamie Gummer, Audra McDonald and Rick Springfield. Written by Diablo Cody and directed by Jonathan Demme, it hits theaters August 7th. (CS)