Screen Gems is developing a feature film based on Elizabeth Richards' young-adult fantasy novel series “Black City". The first book in the series hits stores next month. The series is set in the burning ruins of the Black City, where in the aftermath of a bloody war humans and Darklings live divided by a high wall. It's there a half-blood … [Read more...]
Appian Way Adapting Lehane’s “Dog”
August 8, 2012 by
Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way is teaming with Team Seven to adapt "Shutter Island" and "Mystic River" author Dennis Lehane's Vietnam short story "Running Out of Dog" into a feature says The Hollywood Reporter. The story portrays a Vietnam veteran returning home to South Carolina and finding himself in a love triangle with a childhood friend and … [Read more...]
Turner Adapting Clarke’s “Scorpion’s Gate”
August 8, 2012 by
Sheldon Turner is tipped to adapt Richard Clarke's novel "The Scorpion's Gate" into an action-thriller feature at Sony Pictures says Variety. In the realistic geopolitical thriller, Saudi Arabia falls to a regime potentially hostile to the U.S. and is on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons. A high-ranking American intelligence analyst, a … [Read more...]
Doug Liman Adapting “Time and Again”
July 27, 2012 by
"The Bourne Identity" and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" helmer Doug Liman is set to direct and produce a feature film version of Jack Finney's 1970 illustrated novel "Time and Again" for Lionsgate says Variety. The romantic time-travel tale follows a Manhattan illustrator who enlists in a secret government experiment and is transported from the mid-20th … [Read more...]
Winkler, Spicer Adapting “The Coward”
June 30, 2012 by
Max Winkler and Matt Spicer have come onboard to pen an adaptation of Nick Jones’ comic play "The Coward" for Big Beach Films says Deadline. Winkler will direct and Spicer will executive produce the film which deals with 18th century English aristocrats. Scot Armstrong, Ravi Nanden, Mark Turtletaub and Peter Saraf will produce. Dark Horizons - … [Read more...]
Reid Carolin Adapting Koryta’s “Prophet”
June 3, 2012 by
"Magic Mike" producer Nick Wechsler and scribe Reid Carolin are re-teaming on a film adaptation of Michael Koryta's upcoming novel "The Prophet" says Deadline. The story follows two distant brothers in a small Ohio town whose torment over the murder of their sister in their teens is compounded when another teen girl is killed. One of the brothers … [Read more...]
“Chronicle” Helmer Adapting “Colossus”
May 24, 2012 by
One of the most acclaimed and beloved games that appeared on the PlayStation 2 (and remastered last year for the PS3) may be getting a film adaptation. "Chronicle" director Josh Trank has approached Sony Pictures about the idea of adapting Team ICO's 2005 video game "Shadow Of The Colossus" into a feature says Deadline. Set in a mystical and … [Read more...]
MGM Adapting Bradbury’s “Dust Returned”
May 13, 2012 by
MGM has picked up the screen rights to Ray Bradbury's 2002 short story collection "From The Dust Returned" reports Deadline. The stories focus on a mortal boy adopted into a family of benevolent ghouls. Each story reveals the eccentric characters that comprise his family. Denise Di Novi and Alison Greenspan are producing, the pair had previously … [Read more...]
Sony Adapting “Bloodshot” Comics
March 3, 2012 by
Sony Pictures has closed a deal to acquire the film rights to the comic series "Bloodshot" says Deadline. The 1992 comic follows a ruthless killer for the mob who is framed for a murder, put into Witness Protection, and then betrayed and forcibly subjected to an experimental program. Injected with nanites that rebuild his brain and body to become … [Read more...]
Walden Media Adapting “Rex Libris”
February 25, 2012 by
Walden Media is moving forward with a film adaptation of James Turner's sci-fi/comedy graphic novel "Rex Libris" reports Variety. The story follows librarian Rex Libris as he protects the books of the Middleton Public Library and guards the world's literary treasures from a host of supernatural foes, predominantly zombies. Ben Zazove ("Tooth … [Read more...]
