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Comic-Con Hit List, Film Dev, Ben Affleck’s ‘Live By Night’ Gets Greenlight, ‘Urban Cowboy” Pilot Ordered, Illumination Options ‘Johnny Express’

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THE 2015 COMIC-CON HIT LIST: THE 8 COMICS RIPE FOR FILM AND TV ADAPTATION

SSN brings you eight comic book titles being featured at this years Comic-Con that have yet to be nabbed up for film or TV adaptation.  And we even give you good reason to give them a look. (SSN)

FILM DEVELOPMENT FOR 7/9/15: HELLO KITTY, PRINCE CHARMING FILMS IN THE WORKS, DOMINIC COOPER REPLACING HENRY CAVILL IN STRATTON

Also, Marisa Tomei attaches to play Aunt May in the Spider-Man reboot, Michael K. Williams gets supporting roles in both Assassin's Creed and Ghostbusters, a Hans Solo spin-off project is announced and Fox 2000 puts a film in development based on the same-sex marriage Supreme Court case. (SSN)

OTHER HEADLINES

Ben Affleck’s ‘Live By Night’ Gets Greenlight, November Start Date

Warner Bros. has given the greenlight to Affleck’s next directing gig Live By Night, with plans to begin production this November. The film is based on Dennis Lehane’s Prohibition-era crime novel. (VAR)

'Urban Cowboy' Pilot Ordered at Fox

Fox has ordered a pilot for Urban Cowboy, a reimagining of the 1980 Paramount movie starring John Travolta and Debra Winger. Craig Brewer (Footloose remake) is writing, directing and executive producing the project, which is from Paramount TV and 20th Century Fox TV. (TVL)

‘Minions’ Maker Illumination Forges Pact With South Korean Animator Kyungmin Woo, Options His Short ‘Johnny Express’ For Feature: Comic Con

Chris Meledandri’s Universal-based family film company has formed a partnership with Korean animation studio Mofac Alfred, based in South Korea and spearheaded by Korean writer, director and animator Kyungmin Woo. Illumination has optioned the rights to Johnny Express, the award winning short film that Woo wrote and directed. (DH)

Margo Martindale Joins 'The Good Wife' for Season 7

Margo Martindale is set to recur on the upcoming seventh season of the CBS legal drama, playing Willa Eastman, a top campaign operative responsible for previous successes by underdog presidential candidates in Iowa who hides her intelligence and cunning under a fake, folksy charm. (THR)

Being a Nerd Morphs Into Big Business at Comic-Con

Nerdist founder, Chris Hardwick and president Adam Rymer are creating an enterprise that's itself part of the entertainment industry it venerates. Nerdist is developing its first TV series for NBC Universal's SyFy channel, based on the web series "Nerdist News," and release its first movie, "The Hive." Learn more about their big plans here. (AA)

Female Directors Pick Their Favorite Films Made by Women

Film Fatales is a bicoastal collective of women filmmakers who mentor and collaborate in an indie space.  Here they make their picks for the best films directed by women.  Start watching now. (IW)

Oscar-Winner Dustin Lance Black Directs An Affecting Tale Of Friendship For Coke

In April, Coke debuted a new campaign in Latin America that focused on friendship across web films.  At the time, it debuted two web films that focused on empathy through stories about gossip, secrets and isolation caused by bullying and other forms of social cruelty.  Now the brand releases the third web film and reveals that all three films were directed Dustin Lance Black, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Milk. View the latest film here. (FC)

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