Fans are in for a special treat with an unexpected Avengers reunion, as two Og members are in talks to return to the screen together, and they are none other than, Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo, but in a detective thriller this time. Despite their roles being entirely different, fans are excited to see them together once again, especially years after they witnessed the two together last time in Avengers: Endgame.
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The gears are turning at Amazon MGM Studios as they are starting on an adaptation of Don Winslow’s Crime 101. The dynamic duo is set to team up for this thrilling venture. Fans are more than ready to see their beloved Avengers in this new avatar.
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The gears are turning at Amazon MGM Studios as they are starting on an adaptation of Don Winslow’s Crime 101. The dynamic duo is set to team up for this thrilling venture. Fans are more than ready to see their beloved Avengers in this new avatar.
Mark Ruffalo and Chris Hemsworth in Talks for Reunion Film Five Years After Endgame
Crime 101, published in 2021, follows detective Lou Lubesnick as...
- 5/22/2024
- by Sampurna Banerjee
- FandomWire
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Amazon MGM Studios is adapting Don Winslow’s novella Crime 101. Mark Ruffalo is reportedly in talks to play the lead role. He is set to co-star with Chris Hemsworth and negotiate to star and produce alongside Ben Grayson, his producing partner.
The film will be directed by Bart Layton, who collaborated with Peter Straughan to develop the screenplay. Layton is famously known for his work as a director and writer of the 2018 heist movie American Animals, which starred Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, and Ann Dowd. Pedro Pascal was supposed to star in the film alongside Hemsworth last year, but although he was on board, things did not move forward.
Working Title’s Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, Raw’s Layton and Dimitri Doganis, and Derrin Schlesinger and Shane Salerno all serve as producers. Joely Fisher executive produces for Raw.
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Amazon MGM Studios is adapting Don Winslow’s novella Crime 101. Mark Ruffalo is reportedly in talks to play the lead role. He is set to co-star with Chris Hemsworth and negotiate to star and produce alongside Ben Grayson, his producing partner.
The film will be directed by Bart Layton, who collaborated with Peter Straughan to develop the screenplay. Layton is famously known for his work as a director and writer of the 2018 heist movie American Animals, which starred Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, and Ann Dowd. Pedro Pascal was supposed to star in the film alongside Hemsworth last year, but although he was on board, things did not move forward.
Working Title’s Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, Raw’s Layton and Dimitri Doganis, and Derrin Schlesinger and Shane Salerno all serve as producers. Joely Fisher executive produces for Raw.
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- 5/22/2024
- by Aastha Soni
- KoiMoi
Marvel star Mark Ruffalo has entered into negotiations to reunite with Chris Hemsworth on Amazon MGM Studio’s adaptation of ‘Crime 101.’
Based on author Don Winslow’s novella of the same name, the novella tells the story of a string of high-level jewel heists up and down the Pacific Coast Highway that has gone unsolved for years, mostly because the perpetrator has lived by a strict code he calls “Crime 101”. Police attribute the thefts to the Colombian cartels. But Detective Lou Lubesnick’s gut says it’s the work of just one man.
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Bart Layton, who also wrote the script with contributions from Peter Straughan, is set to direct the movie. Hemsworth is in talks to star and produce alongside partner Ben Grayson.
Producers include Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan for Working Title, and Layton and Dimitri Doganis for Raw,...
Based on author Don Winslow’s novella of the same name, the novella tells the story of a string of high-level jewel heists up and down the Pacific Coast Highway that has gone unsolved for years, mostly because the perpetrator has lived by a strict code he calls “Crime 101”. Police attribute the thefts to the Colombian cartels. But Detective Lou Lubesnick’s gut says it’s the work of just one man.
Also in news – Steve Carrell set for HBO untitled comedy series
Bart Layton, who also wrote the script with contributions from Peter Straughan, is set to direct the movie. Hemsworth is in talks to star and produce alongside partner Ben Grayson.
Producers include Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan for Working Title, and Layton and Dimitri Doganis for Raw,...
- 5/22/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Mark Ruffalo is eyeing a big-screen reunion with Chris Hemsworth for the planned adaptation of a Don Winslow project.
Ruffalo is in talks to join Hemsworth in Amazon MGM Studios’ feature version of Crime 101, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Bart Layton — who wrote the script with contributions from Peter Straughan — is set to direct the movie that is based on author Winslow’s novella of the same name.
Hemsworth is in talks to star and produce alongside partner Ben Grayson for the film that is aiming for theatrical release next year.
Serving as producers are Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan for Working Title, and Layton and Dimitri Doganis for Raw, in addition to Derrin Schlesinger and Shane Salerno. Joely Fether is executive producing for Raw.
Published in 2021, the novella Crime 101 centered on detective Lou Lubesnick as he attempts to solve a string of jewel heists by tracking the perpetrator who...
Ruffalo is in talks to join Hemsworth in Amazon MGM Studios’ feature version of Crime 101, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Bart Layton — who wrote the script with contributions from Peter Straughan — is set to direct the movie that is based on author Winslow’s novella of the same name.
Hemsworth is in talks to star and produce alongside partner Ben Grayson for the film that is aiming for theatrical release next year.
Serving as producers are Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan for Working Title, and Layton and Dimitri Doganis for Raw, in addition to Derrin Schlesinger and Shane Salerno. Joely Fether is executive producing for Raw.
Published in 2021, the novella Crime 101 centered on detective Lou Lubesnick as he attempts to solve a string of jewel heists by tracking the perpetrator who...
- 5/21/2024
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Mark Ruffalo is in talks to star in Amazon MGM Studios adaptation of Don Winslow’s novella Crime 101. He will co-star with Chris Hemsworth, who also is in talks to star and produce alongside producing partner Ben Grayson. The film will be released in theaters next year.
While plot details are being kept under wraps, the original short story by Winslow has shades of Heat as it follows high-level jewel thefts that are taking place up and down the Pacific Coast, which police have linked to Colombian cartels. Detective Lou Lubesnick has other ideas, and he zeroes in on one perp, a thief looking for a final score.
Bart Layton is directing and wrote the script with contributions from Peter Straughan. Producers include Working Title’s Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, Raw’s Bart Layton and Dimitri Doganis, Derrin Schlesinger, and Shane Salerno. Raw’s Joely Fether will executive produce.
While plot details are being kept under wraps, the original short story by Winslow has shades of Heat as it follows high-level jewel thefts that are taking place up and down the Pacific Coast, which police have linked to Colombian cartels. Detective Lou Lubesnick has other ideas, and he zeroes in on one perp, a thief looking for a final score.
Bart Layton is directing and wrote the script with contributions from Peter Straughan. Producers include Working Title’s Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, Raw’s Bart Layton and Dimitri Doganis, Derrin Schlesinger, and Shane Salerno. Raw’s Joely Fether will executive produce.
- 5/21/2024
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Hollywood’s next bidding war is about to erupt. “Eruption,” the much-discussed upcoming volcano disaster novel from the late Michael Crichton and James Patterson, is about to be brought to auction, attracting a large group of suitors keen on landing the sought-after film rights.
The auction, being conducted by Shane Salerno at the Story Factory and CAA, will begin within the next two weeks, and could kick off as early as next week, Variety can exclusively reveal.
The project has drawn interest from most major studios, streamers and networks, as well as high-profile directors who have shared that they’d leap at the chance to helm a Crichton project. Projects created by the author or adapted from his work include the “Jurassic Park” franchise, “Twister” and “Westworld.” Crichton was also the creator of “ER,” which Variety is told brought in over $3.2 billion for Warner Bros.
Several A-list actors have reached out regarding the novel,...
The auction, being conducted by Shane Salerno at the Story Factory and CAA, will begin within the next two weeks, and could kick off as early as next week, Variety can exclusively reveal.
The project has drawn interest from most major studios, streamers and networks, as well as high-profile directors who have shared that they’d leap at the chance to helm a Crichton project. Projects created by the author or adapted from his work include the “Jurassic Park” franchise, “Twister” and “Westworld.” Crichton was also the creator of “ER,” which Variety is told brought in over $3.2 billion for Warner Bros.
Several A-list actors have reached out regarding the novel,...
- 5/4/2024
- by Katcy Stephan
- Variety Film + TV
T.J. Newman was working as a flight attendant on the Virgin Airlines redeye flight from Los Angeles to New York when she had the idea for her debut novel Falling. That action thriller became a bestseller and was followed by Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421, which also became a bestseller. Film adaptations of both Falling and Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421 are already in the works – and now Deadline reports that the film rights to Newman’s third novel, Worst Case Scenario, are about to go up for auction.
Newman couldn’t get a lot of people interested in Falling at first. She was rejected by more than forty different agents. But then Shane Salerno and The Story Factory signed her, and her luck turned around in a major way. She landed a seven-figure deal with Avid Reader / Simon & Schuster, another seven figures for deals in thirty other countries…...
Newman couldn’t get a lot of people interested in Falling at first. She was rejected by more than forty different agents. But then Shane Salerno and The Story Factory signed her, and her luck turned around in a major way. She landed a seven-figure deal with Avid Reader / Simon & Schuster, another seven figures for deals in thirty other countries…...
- 4/29/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: T. J. Newman, the flight attendant who hung up her wings to become the bestselling author of the movie-bound action thriller novels Falling and Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421, is catching her next flight with Little Brown.
In a publishing industry shocker, Newman has left Simon & Schuster and signed a new multimillion-dollar mega deal with Little Brown. Newman’s first novel for the publisher is called Worst Case Scenario, which debuts August 13. Screen rights will be auctioned before the novel gets a big push from Little Brown. Newman stays in her wheelhouse – it all starts with a commercial flight – but the book veers into tentpole territory that might draw comparisons to Independence Day or War of the Worlds-meets-Chernobyl. The action surrounds mankind preventing an extinction-level disaster.
When a pilot suffers a widow-maker heart attack at 35,000 feet, a commercial airliner crashes into a nuclear power plant. Only the efforts of...
In a publishing industry shocker, Newman has left Simon & Schuster and signed a new multimillion-dollar mega deal with Little Brown. Newman’s first novel for the publisher is called Worst Case Scenario, which debuts August 13. Screen rights will be auctioned before the novel gets a big push from Little Brown. Newman stays in her wheelhouse – it all starts with a commercial flight – but the book veers into tentpole territory that might draw comparisons to Independence Day or War of the Worlds-meets-Chernobyl. The action surrounds mankind preventing an extinction-level disaster.
When a pilot suffers a widow-maker heart attack at 35,000 feet, a commercial airliner crashes into a nuclear power plant. Only the efforts of...
- 4/29/2024
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sony’s 3000 Pictures has set Justin Kuritzkes to adapt City on Fire, the first of a bestselling novel trilogy by Don Winslow that is being developed as a star vehicle for Austin Butler.
Kuritzkes is hot off writing the script for the Luca Guadanino-directed Zendaya starrer Challengers, and Butler is producing along with David Heyman of Heyday Films and Shane Salerno of The Story Factory.
After Challengers, Kuritzkes adapted Guadagnino’s next film Queer, starring Daniel Craig and based on William S. Burroughs’ 1985 novel. In 2019, Kuritzkes’ debut novel, Famous People, was published by Henry Holt and Co.
3000’s Elizabeth Gabler and Marisa Paiva are overseeing the City on Fire project for the studio, and Drew Reed was instrumental in tracking the book series.
Winslow’s swan song trilogy – the final installment City in Ruins is just landing on the bestseller lists after being published by William Morrow – is...
Kuritzkes is hot off writing the script for the Luca Guadanino-directed Zendaya starrer Challengers, and Butler is producing along with David Heyman of Heyday Films and Shane Salerno of The Story Factory.
After Challengers, Kuritzkes adapted Guadagnino’s next film Queer, starring Daniel Craig and based on William S. Burroughs’ 1985 novel. In 2019, Kuritzkes’ debut novel, Famous People, was published by Henry Holt and Co.
3000’s Elizabeth Gabler and Marisa Paiva are overseeing the City on Fire project for the studio, and Drew Reed was instrumental in tracking the book series.
Winslow’s swan song trilogy – the final installment City in Ruins is just landing on the bestseller lists after being published by William Morrow – is...
- 4/16/2024
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
While Amazon MGM Studios didn’t take the stage at CinemaCon, they did meet with exhibitors and key press to strut their future theatrical slate, in particular they showed off ten minutes of the Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans’ movie Red One. While we agree to keep mum about the details of the Santa Claus rescue movie, let’s just say the originally conceived for Prime Video title is definitely meant for theatrical, which is where it’s going on Nov. 15; the only wide release currently on that weekend.
Let’s just say that Red One is a fire-breathing Christmas action movie that completely reinvents the holiday genre. There hasn’t been a mass appealing Christmas tentpole in six years, the last being Illumination/Universal’s The Grinch which made over a half billion worldwide. Red One is a really fun original action film for both Johnson and Evans, and...
Let’s just say that Red One is a fire-breathing Christmas action movie that completely reinvents the holiday genre. There hasn’t been a mass appealing Christmas tentpole in six years, the last being Illumination/Universal’s The Grinch which made over a half billion worldwide. Red One is a really fun original action film for both Johnson and Evans, and...
- 4/10/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Frank Herbert wrote six “Dune” novels, but Quebecois director Denis Villeneuve has made it clear that after book two, “Dune Messiah,” he’s quitting the worm-ridden desert planet Arrakis, despite his box office wins and forging such fans as Steven Spielberg. As reported by Deadline, Legendary Entertainment has secured the rights to Annie Jacobsen’s nonfiction work “Nuclear War: A Scenario” as an option for him once he’s ready to return to Earth.
Jacobsen’s book, which hit stores less than two weeks ago, is the result of a decade of research resulting in a realistic, step-by-step “just what the hell would it be like if this nightmare came true.” Just reading the New York Times review is absolutely terrifying.
Her previous works include “Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base,” “Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America” and...
Jacobsen’s book, which hit stores less than two weeks ago, is the result of a decade of research resulting in a realistic, step-by-step “just what the hell would it be like if this nightmare came true.” Just reading the New York Times review is absolutely terrifying.
Her previous works include “Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base,” “Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America” and...
- 4/5/2024
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: In a deal worth $500,000 against $1.5 million, Legendary Entertainment has optioned Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen’s nonfiction book Nuclear War: A Scenario as a potential reteam with its Dune: Part Two director Denis Villeneuve. The expectation is that Villeneuve would take this one as another giant project after he completes Dune: Messiah, which he and Legendary are developing as the conclusion of the trilogy.
Deadline reveals the deal just as Nuclear War hits the New York Times bestseller lists. The book explores a ticking-clock scenario about what would happen in the event of a nuclear war, based on dozens of exclusive new interviews with military and civilian experts who built the weapons and have been privy to the response plans and have been responsible for those decisions should they need to be made.
This comes after Oppenheimer cleaned up at the Oscars, telling the story of the development of...
Deadline reveals the deal just as Nuclear War hits the New York Times bestseller lists. The book explores a ticking-clock scenario about what would happen in the event of a nuclear war, based on dozens of exclusive new interviews with military and civilian experts who built the weapons and have been privy to the response plans and have been responsible for those decisions should they need to be made.
This comes after Oppenheimer cleaned up at the Oscars, telling the story of the development of...
- 4/4/2024
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Sony Pictures has acquired Darren Aronofsky’s crime thriller “Caught Stealing,” which will star Austin Butler.
The film follows Hank Thompson, a burned-out former baseball player, as he’s unwittingly plunged into a wild fight for survival in the downtown criminal underworld of ‘90s NYC.
“I am excited to be teaming up with my old friends at Sony Pictures to bring Charlie’s adrenaline-soaked roller coaster ride to life. I can’t wait to start working with Austin and my family of NYC filmmakers,” said Oscar-nominated director Aronofsky, whose credits include “The Whale,” “Requiem for a Dream” and “Black Swan.”
Charlie Huston will pen the script, which is based on his book of the same name. Protozoa will produce.
“Darren is one of the most brilliant audiovisual storytellers in the world, and adapting these wonderful books by Charlie Huston for Austin to star was too exciting an opportunity to not be a part of,...
The film follows Hank Thompson, a burned-out former baseball player, as he’s unwittingly plunged into a wild fight for survival in the downtown criminal underworld of ‘90s NYC.
“I am excited to be teaming up with my old friends at Sony Pictures to bring Charlie’s adrenaline-soaked roller coaster ride to life. I can’t wait to start working with Austin and my family of NYC filmmakers,” said Oscar-nominated director Aronofsky, whose credits include “The Whale,” “Requiem for a Dream” and “Black Swan.”
Charlie Huston will pen the script, which is based on his book of the same name. Protozoa will produce.
“Darren is one of the most brilliant audiovisual storytellers in the world, and adapting these wonderful books by Charlie Huston for Austin to star was too exciting an opportunity to not be a part of,...
- 3/27/2024
- by Katcy Stephan
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Michael Mann has set his second novel collaboration with Edgar-winning author Meg Gardiner. After starting out with Heat 2, a novel that topped the bestseller charts and hatched a movie that Mann is writing to direct at Warner Bros, Mann and Gardiner set up a new original novel that explores an intense global manhunt launched by a renegade federal agent and a stateless operator on a vendetta, in a highly authentic global arena.
The book is intended to serve as the first in a series. It will be the second novel from Michael Mann Books. Mann signed a three-book, multimillion-dollar publishing deal with the HarperCollins division William Morrow. Heat 2 editor Jennifer Brehl will be back for the new book.
Coming off directing his passion project Ferrari, Mann is currently scripting Heat 2, a prequel and sequel to his 1996 crime classic Heat. Mann is writing to direct that one,...
The book is intended to serve as the first in a series. It will be the second novel from Michael Mann Books. Mann signed a three-book, multimillion-dollar publishing deal with the HarperCollins division William Morrow. Heat 2 editor Jennifer Brehl will be back for the new book.
Coming off directing his passion project Ferrari, Mann is currently scripting Heat 2, a prequel and sequel to his 1996 crime classic Heat. Mann is writing to direct that one,...
- 1/24/2024
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
There's nothing Hollywood loves more than a snappy, propulsive, made-for-movies book premise from some of the most exciting authors around. Just in the last decade alone, we've seen writer Andy Weir parlay the breakout success of his debut work "The Martian" and its 2015 adaptation by director Ridley Scott into another upcoming movie deal, this time headlined by filmmakers Phil Lord and Chris Miller. More recently, "Gone Girl" author Gillian Flynn has had "Sharp Objects" turned into a major HBO series, while she teamed up with no less a talent than Steve McQueen to adapt the British TV series "Widows" into one of the most brilliant, under-appreciated thrillers of the last several years. Now, movie fans would be well advised to remember the name T.J. Newman, who appears ready to become the next big name-brand novelist around.
Newman's first novel "Falling" inspired a massive bidding war soon after publishing in 2021 and,...
Newman's first novel "Falling" inspired a massive bidding war soon after publishing in 2021 and,...
- 11/30/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Earlier this year, we heard that Warner Bros. had come out the winner of an intense bidding war over the film rights to author T.J. Newman’s second novel, Drowning: The Rescue Of Flight 1421 (you can pick up a copy at This Link). Now Deadline reports that Paul Greengrass – whose credits include The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, Jason Bourne, United 93, 22 July, Green Zone, Captain Phillips, and News of the World – has signed on to write, direct, and produce the film adaptation of Drowning.
Newman’s novel tells the following story: A plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation. A dozen survivors sink in a sealed part of the aircraft as it perches precariously on an undersea cliff 200 feet below the surface. Among them is an engineer and his 11-year-old daughter. His estranged wife and the girl...
Newman’s novel tells the following story: A plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation. A dozen survivors sink in a sealed part of the aircraft as it perches precariously on an undersea cliff 200 feet below the surface. Among them is an engineer and his 11-year-old daughter. His estranged wife and the girl...
- 11/29/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Since hanging up his Bourne directing hat (looks like :a[someone else has picked it up]{href='https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-director-edward-berger-developing-new-jason-bourne-film/' }), Paul Greengrass has switched between returning to the historical thrillers that brought him to the world's attention (22 July) and crafted a novel adaptation News Of The World. Warner Bros. has him on board to work on another book-to-screen gig, as he's now attached to write, direct and produce a film based on Tj Newman's Drowning: The Rescue Of Flight 1421.
Newman's novel follows what happens when a plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes following takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation. A dozen survivors sink in a sealed part of the aircraft as it perches precariously on an undersea cliff 200 feet below the surface. Among them is an engineer and his 11-year-old daughter. His estranged wife — the girl’s mother — is part of the elite rescue...
Newman's novel follows what happens when a plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes following takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation. A dozen survivors sink in a sealed part of the aircraft as it perches precariously on an undersea cliff 200 feet below the surface. Among them is an engineer and his 11-year-old daughter. His estranged wife — the girl’s mother — is part of the elite rescue...
- 11/28/2023
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
Author T.J. Newman’s Falling: A Novel is being turned into a feature film over at Universal, and Deadline reports today that Newman’s follow-up Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421 is getting its own movie adaptation from Warner Bros. Paul Greengrass will write, direct and produce the upcoming film adaptation.
Deadline notes, “The novel quickly hit the New York Times bestseller list and was named a Best Book of the Year by Amazon, Waterstones and other major publications and booksellers.”
A hot bidding war ensued for the rights to turn Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421 into a feature film, with Warner Bros. winning the war against other seven-figure bids.
“In Drowning, a plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation. A dozen survivors sink in a sealed part of the aircraft as it perches precariously on an undersea cliff 200 feet below the surface.
Deadline notes, “The novel quickly hit the New York Times bestseller list and was named a Best Book of the Year by Amazon, Waterstones and other major publications and booksellers.”
A hot bidding war ensued for the rights to turn Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421 into a feature film, with Warner Bros. winning the war against other seven-figure bids.
“In Drowning, a plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation. A dozen survivors sink in a sealed part of the aircraft as it perches precariously on an undersea cliff 200 feet below the surface.
- 11/28/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Paul Greengrass has been hired to adapt the big-screen version of T.J. Newman’s novel “Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421.”
Greengrass will write, direct and produce the film, which is set at Warner Bros. The studio emerged victorious earlier this year in a bidding war, one that drew interest from the likes of Nicole Kidman, Alfonso Cuarón and Steven Spielberg, along with seven-figure offers from Apple and Bruckheimer, Paramount and Damien Chazelle, Legendary and Universal Television.
Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group co-heads Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy prevailed after agreeing to pay $1.5 million for the rights and an additional $1.5 million on the first day of production. The studio also brought the “Drowning” author on as an executive producer.
“Drowning” centers on a plane that crashes into the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff. During the evacuation, an engine explodes and the plane is flooded. Those still alive are forced...
Greengrass will write, direct and produce the film, which is set at Warner Bros. The studio emerged victorious earlier this year in a bidding war, one that drew interest from the likes of Nicole Kidman, Alfonso Cuarón and Steven Spielberg, along with seven-figure offers from Apple and Bruckheimer, Paramount and Damien Chazelle, Legendary and Universal Television.
Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group co-heads Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy prevailed after agreeing to pay $1.5 million for the rights and an additional $1.5 million on the first day of production. The studio also brought the “Drowning” author on as an executive producer.
“Drowning” centers on a plane that crashes into the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff. During the evacuation, an engine explodes and the plane is flooded. Those still alive are forced...
- 11/28/2023
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Paul Greengrass has been set by Warner Bros to adapt, direct and produce Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 421. The T.J. Newman bestselling novel was the subject of a fevered bidding battle, with Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group co-heads Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy landing the novel for $1.5 million against $3 million. There were four other seven-figure bids on the table. The project reunites De Luca and Greengrass, who worked together on Captain Phillips.
In Drowning, a plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation. A dozen survivors sink in a sealed part of the aircraft as it perches precariously on an undersea cliff 200 feet below the surface. Among them is an engineer and his 11-year-old daughter. His estranged wife — she’s also the girl’s mother — is part of the elite rescue team that races to save the passengers before their air runs out.
In Drowning, a plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation. A dozen survivors sink in a sealed part of the aircraft as it perches precariously on an undersea cliff 200 feet below the surface. Among them is an engineer and his 11-year-old daughter. His estranged wife — she’s also the girl’s mother — is part of the elite rescue team that races to save the passengers before their air runs out.
- 11/28/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: James Patterson and the late Michael Crichton are teaming on a novel, and now it has a title and pub date. The duo has combined global sales in excess of 675 million books, so we can expect a monster screen auction to erupt early next year. Watch a video reveal of the cover art below.
Hachette Book Group’s Little, Brown and Company will release Eruption on Monday, June 3, with Hachette Book Group CEO Michael Pietsch calling it “one of the most spectacular meetings of minds in literary history.”
The novel is based on a partially finished manuscript by Crichton, who died in 2008. It was given to Patterson by Sherri Crichton, the author’s wife and CEO of CrichtonSun, the publishing/production company of Crichton’s estate. The subject: A once-in-a-century volcano eruption of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano threatens a secret cache of chemical weapons that can destroy not...
Hachette Book Group’s Little, Brown and Company will release Eruption on Monday, June 3, with Hachette Book Group CEO Michael Pietsch calling it “one of the most spectacular meetings of minds in literary history.”
The novel is based on a partially finished manuscript by Crichton, who died in 2008. It was given to Patterson by Sherri Crichton, the author’s wife and CEO of CrichtonSun, the publishing/production company of Crichton’s estate. The subject: A once-in-a-century volcano eruption of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano threatens a secret cache of chemical weapons that can destroy not...
- 10/9/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In a whopping deal, Amazon and Netflix are battling ferociously for Crime 101, a package based on a novella by Don Winslow that has Chris Hemsworth and Pedro Pascal attached to star. American Animals helmer Bart Layton is attached to direct the film. It came down to Amazon and Netflix, sources said. Amazon appears to have the edge.
No deals are in place and according to sources both actors have shown interest in the project prior to the strike. This technically at this point is a rights deal with a UK-based producer, which passes the sniff test.
Working Title’s Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, and Shane Salerno’s Story Factory are the production companies that put the package together along with CAA.
It’s a great crime story in the vein of Heat. High-level jewel thefts are taking place up and down the Pacific Coast and police have linked them to the Colombian cartels.
No deals are in place and according to sources both actors have shown interest in the project prior to the strike. This technically at this point is a rights deal with a UK-based producer, which passes the sniff test.
Working Title’s Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, and Shane Salerno’s Story Factory are the production companies that put the package together along with CAA.
It’s a great crime story in the vein of Heat. High-level jewel thefts are taking place up and down the Pacific Coast and police have linked them to the Colombian cartels.
- 8/29/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr and Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Christopher Storer is no slouch when it comes to orchestrating kitchen chaos, having created the hit Hulu comedy-drama “The Bear.” Now, he’ll turn his camera on “The Winter of Frankie Machine” and trade trades the tense world of short-order cooking for a mob story about a hitman who is lured out of retirement to set up a meeting between waring crime families only to turn into a target himself.
It’s a mean streets saga that previously attracted attention from the likes of Martin Scorsese, who was set to make it at Paramount Pictures with Robert De Niro, only to abandon it in favor of “The Irishman”; as well as Michael Mann and William Friedkin.
Don Winslow, the best-selling author of “Savages” and “The Cartel,” wrote the book on which the film will be based. There’s no deal in place for Storer, but it sounds like Paramount expects...
It’s a mean streets saga that previously attracted attention from the likes of Martin Scorsese, who was set to make it at Paramount Pictures with Robert De Niro, only to abandon it in favor of “The Irishman”; as well as Michael Mann and William Friedkin.
Don Winslow, the best-selling author of “Savages” and “The Cartel,” wrote the book on which the film will be based. There’s no deal in place for Storer, but it sounds like Paramount expects...
- 6/28/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
With the second season of The Bear serving up record-breaking view counts on Hulu, Paramount Pictures is ready to say, “Yes, chef” to Christopher Storer’s next project. Storer, the creator of The Bear, is adapting the Don Winslow novel The Winter of Frankie Machine into a feature film. Shane Salerno produces alongside The Story Factory. Storer will use a previous draft by Brian Koppelman and David Levien when Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro were eyeing the project.
Arranged before the WGA writers’ strike, The Winter of Frankie Machine project has been kicking around Hollywood for quite some time, with Scorsese and Michael Mann once attached to bring Winslow’s novel to screens. Winslow and Salerno denied several of Hollywood’s top directors a chance to adapt the book until Storer marched onto the scene. The duo is fans of The Bear, an intense drama about Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto...
Arranged before the WGA writers’ strike, The Winter of Frankie Machine project has been kicking around Hollywood for quite some time, with Scorsese and Michael Mann once attached to bring Winslow’s novel to screens. Winslow and Salerno denied several of Hollywood’s top directors a chance to adapt the book until Storer marched onto the scene. The duo is fans of The Bear, an intense drama about Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto...
- 6/28/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: As his series creation The Bear turned in record Season Two ratings for Hulu, Christopher Storer is set to direct at Paramount Pictures The Winter of Frankie Machine, an adaptation of the 2006 Don Winslow novel. The film will be produced by Shane Salerno and The Story Factory, and Storer will use the Brian Koppelman & David Levien draft those writers did when Martin Scorsese was going to direct Robert De Niro in the lead role.
The deal was made before the WGA strike. There’s quite a backstory here, as not only Scorsese but also Michael Mann were once attached, and William Friedkin was briefly also, but that deal never made.
Winslow and Salerno received numerous approaches from major filmmakers over the past decade but never found the right fit and shot down all overtures until Storer came along. They had sparked to the initial season of The Bear, in...
The deal was made before the WGA strike. There’s quite a backstory here, as not only Scorsese but also Michael Mann were once attached, and William Friedkin was briefly also, but that deal never made.
Winslow and Salerno received numerous approaches from major filmmakers over the past decade but never found the right fit and shot down all overtures until Storer came along. They had sparked to the initial season of The Bear, in...
- 6/28/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Thirteen years after Academy Award®-winner James Cameron introduced viewers to a world unlike any they had ever seen with his breathtaking film Avatar, Disney+ Hotstar is now streaming the eagerly awaited sequel Avatar: The Way of Water. This groundbreaking cinematic odyssey unveils a new underwater adventure that promises to mesmerise viewers again.
Returning to reprise their iconic roles, Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña portray Jake Sully and Neytiri, devoted parents doing everything possible to protect their family. Joining them are Academy Award® winner Kate Winslet and other esteemed actors Sigourney Weaver, Cliff Curtis and Stephen Lang.
Many were surprised to learn about Stephen Lang’s return to the sequel after the death of his character Colonel Miles Quaritch, in Avatar, who played the human antagonist. However, this time with the Resources Development Administration (Rda) returning to the moon with reinforcement, Lang returns as a recombinant, or recom, of his character.
Returning to reprise their iconic roles, Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña portray Jake Sully and Neytiri, devoted parents doing everything possible to protect their family. Joining them are Academy Award® winner Kate Winslet and other esteemed actors Sigourney Weaver, Cliff Curtis and Stephen Lang.
Many were surprised to learn about Stephen Lang’s return to the sequel after the death of his character Colonel Miles Quaritch, in Avatar, who played the human antagonist. However, this time with the Resources Development Administration (Rda) returning to the moon with reinforcement, Lang returns as a recombinant, or recom, of his character.
- 6/19/2023
- by Editorial Desk
- GlamSham
Director James Cameron, whose ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ charmed audience in theatres owing to its exceptional visuals, has shared that his team had to write four movies before he could start the work on ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’.
The screenplay, a collaborative effort by James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Josh Friedman, and Shane Salerno, captures the essence of the story. With more than 1,500 pages of notes and story beats, Cameron and producer Jon Landau realised that there was more than one story to tell. They brought on an elite group of top Hollywood screenwriters to work with Cameron in transforming his story notes into the four films that would continue the adventures of Jake, Neytiri, and the new family they created together.
Elaborating on the same, James Cameron said: “We had to write four movies before I could start on the first sequel. I wanted to map...
The screenplay, a collaborative effort by James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Josh Friedman, and Shane Salerno, captures the essence of the story. With more than 1,500 pages of notes and story beats, Cameron and producer Jon Landau realised that there was more than one story to tell. They brought on an elite group of top Hollywood screenwriters to work with Cameron in transforming his story notes into the four films that would continue the adventures of Jake, Neytiri, and the new family they created together.
Elaborating on the same, James Cameron said: “We had to write four movies before I could start on the first sequel. I wanted to map...
- 5/26/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
James Cameron‘s Avatar: The Way of Water will soon be making its way to both Disney+ and Max (formerly HBO Max) following a historic run in theaters. The sci-fi epic, which debuted 13 years after the release of Cameron’s original Avatar film, will hit both platforms on June 7th, being accompanied there by bonus content featuring filmmakers, cast and crew.
Going on to become the third highest-grossing film of all time following its December 16th launch at a take surpassing $2.3B, Avatar: The Way of Water picks up with the Sully family more than a decade after the events of the first film, examining the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure. All of this against the backdrop of the breathtaking seascapes of Pandora, where audiences...
Going on to become the third highest-grossing film of all time following its December 16th launch at a take surpassing $2.3B, Avatar: The Way of Water picks up with the Sully family more than a decade after the events of the first film, examining the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure. All of this against the backdrop of the breathtaking seascapes of Pandora, where audiences...
- 5/15/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Three years ago, T.J. Newman was handing out peanuts and pouring drinks for airplane passengers. Last month, she was hustling between Zoom calls with Nicole Kidman and Jerry Bruckheimer as they tried to outbid each other for the rights to “Drowning,” her upcoming novel about a jetliner that crashes into the ocean. It’s all part of an improbable Cinderella story that’s taken Newman, a flight attendant-turned-bestselling writer, from manning first-class cabins to becoming one of Hollywood’s most in-demand talents.
Newman admits she still hasn’t accepted her change in fortunes. “Any time I board a plane, I still want to get up and collect trash or help someone put their bag in an overhead bin,” she says. “I have to remind myself: You can sit and order a drink instead of serving it.”
These days, she can spring for Champagne. Landing the movie rights to “Drowning” triggered an all-out bidding war,...
Newman admits she still hasn’t accepted her change in fortunes. “Any time I board a plane, I still want to get up and collect trash or help someone put their bag in an overhead bin,” she says. “I have to remind myself: You can sit and order a drink instead of serving it.”
These days, she can spring for Champagne. Landing the movie rights to “Drowning” triggered an all-out bidding war,...
- 4/18/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Austin Butler has found his next starring role.
According to Deadline, the Oscar-nominated actor will be both starring in and producing “City on Fire”, an adaptation of the novel by Don Winslow of the same name. Sony 3000 Pictures will be making the film.
Butler will be producing the film alongside industry heavyweights David Heyman and Shane Salerno (“Border Trilogy”), who boast quite an extensive film resume.
Read More: Fans Commend Angela Bassett For Comforting Austin Butler During Oscars Best Actor Loss: ‘Exactly The Kind Of Woman I Imagined’
The novel’s premise takes inspiration from classic Greek mythologies, including The Iliad, Odyssey and Aeneid, and embeds them into a modern mafia world of crime. The book belongs to a trilogy, so the hope is to make Butler the lead of a film franchise.
The film revolves around two criminal empires, one Irish and one Italian, that control New England. Butler...
According to Deadline, the Oscar-nominated actor will be both starring in and producing “City on Fire”, an adaptation of the novel by Don Winslow of the same name. Sony 3000 Pictures will be making the film.
Butler will be producing the film alongside industry heavyweights David Heyman and Shane Salerno (“Border Trilogy”), who boast quite an extensive film resume.
Read More: Fans Commend Angela Bassett For Comforting Austin Butler During Oscars Best Actor Loss: ‘Exactly The Kind Of Woman I Imagined’
The novel’s premise takes inspiration from classic Greek mythologies, including The Iliad, Odyssey and Aeneid, and embeds them into a modern mafia world of crime. The book belongs to a trilogy, so the hope is to make Butler the lead of a film franchise.
The film revolves around two criminal empires, one Irish and one Italian, that control New England. Butler...
- 4/4/2023
- by Emerson Pearson
- ET Canada
‘Elvis’ star, Austin Butler, has landed the role of a crime boss in the adaptation of Don Winslow’s novel, ‘City on Fire.’
‘City on Fire’ is the first title in a novel trilogy, it focuses on two criminal empires — one Irish, the other Italian — that control all of New England. A modern-day Helen of Troy event tears them apart and starts a brutal war. Butler will play the main character, Danny Ryan, forced to grow from a street soldier into a ruthless leader to protect his friends, his family and the home he loves. Fighting the Mafia, the local cops and the feds, Danny intends to build a dynasty or die trying.
Butler will also be producing for the first time alongside David Heyman and Shane Salerno. A director and screenwriter are still be announced.
Also in news – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny to premiere at Cannes...
‘City on Fire’ is the first title in a novel trilogy, it focuses on two criminal empires — one Irish, the other Italian — that control all of New England. A modern-day Helen of Troy event tears them apart and starts a brutal war. Butler will play the main character, Danny Ryan, forced to grow from a street soldier into a ruthless leader to protect his friends, his family and the home he loves. Fighting the Mafia, the local cops and the feds, Danny intends to build a dynasty or die trying.
Butler will also be producing for the first time alongside David Heyman and Shane Salerno. A director and screenwriter are still be announced.
Also in news – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny to premiere at Cannes...
- 4/4/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Austin Butler is to star in 'City on Fire'.The 31-year-old actor has landed his first starring role since his Oscar-nominated performance in 'Elvis' as crime boss Danny Ryan in the adaptation of Don Winslow's novel.Austin will serve as a producer on the film from Sony 3000 Pictures alongside David Heyman, Shane Salerno, Elizabeth Gabler and Marisa Paiva. The studio has made the project a high priority and are to hold meetings with writers and directors immediately.'City on Fire' is the first in a trilogy of novels and it is hoped that the movie could be the beginning of a franchise for Butler to appear in.The trilogy focuses on two criminal empires – one Irish, one Italian – that control New England as an event tears them apart and causes a brutal war.Austin's character Danny Ryan is forced to grow from a street soldier into a ruthless leader to protect his family,...
- 4/4/2023
- by Joe Graber
- Bang Showbiz
Austin Butler is to star in 'City on Fire'.The 31-year-old actor has landed his first starring role since his Oscar-nominated performance in 'Elvis' as crime boss Danny Ryan in the adaptation of Don Winslow's novel.Austin will serve as a producer on the film from Sony 3000 Pictures alongside David Heyman, Shane Salerno, Elizabeth Gabler and Marisa Paiva. The studio has made the project a high priority and are to hold meetings with writers and directors immediately.'City on Fire' is the first in a trilogy of novels and it is hoped that the movie could be the beginning of a franchise for Butler to appear in.The trilogy focuses on two criminal empires – one Irish, one Italian – that control New England as an event tears them apart and causes a brutal war.Austin's character Danny Ryan is forced to grow from a street soldier into a ruthless leader to protect his family,...
- 4/4/2023
- by Joe Graber
- Bang Showbiz
Having already notched up work with some impressive directors and an Oscar nomination for a tricky performance channeling one of the most recognisable music icons in history via Elvis, Austin Butler is making the move to produce his next starring role — which, if it works out, could be the launch of new franchise. He's taking the lead in the adaptation of Don Winslow's City On Fire novels.
The trilogy focuses on two criminal empires — one Irish, the other Italian – that control all of New England. A modern-day Helen of Troy event tears them apart and starts a brutal war. Butler is aiming to play the main character, Danny Ryan, forced to grow from a street soldier into a ruthless leader to protect his friends, his family and the home he loves. Fighting the Mafia, the local cops and the feds, Danny intends to build a dynasty or die trying.
The trilogy focuses on two criminal empires — one Irish, the other Italian – that control all of New England. A modern-day Helen of Troy event tears them apart and starts a brutal war. Butler is aiming to play the main character, Danny Ryan, forced to grow from a street soldier into a ruthless leader to protect his friends, his family and the home he loves. Fighting the Mafia, the local cops and the feds, Danny intends to build a dynasty or die trying.
- 4/4/2023
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
Austin Butler is going from the sands of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two to a life of crime for City on Fire, an adaptation of Don Winslow’s novel from Sony 3000 Pictures. In addition to his starring role, Butler produces alongside David Heyman and Shane Salerno. No director or writers have joined the project, but the studio will prioritize the adaptation. City on Fire is the first title in a trilogy, setting up the potential for Butler to star in his first franchise.
According to Deadline, Winslow’s trilogy borrows inspiration from The Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, and Greek tragedies but takes place in a modern setting. “The trilogy focuses on two criminal empires — one Irish, the other Italian — that control all of New England. A modern-day Helen of Troy event tears them apart and starts a brutal war. Butler will play the main character, Danny Ryan, who grows from...
According to Deadline, Winslow’s trilogy borrows inspiration from The Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, and Greek tragedies but takes place in a modern setting. “The trilogy focuses on two criminal empires — one Irish, the other Italian — that control all of New England. A modern-day Helen of Troy event tears them apart and starts a brutal war. Butler will play the main character, Danny Ryan, who grows from...
- 4/3/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Austin Butler will star in Sony 3000 Pictures’ adaptation of “City on Fire.” The Don Winslow-penned novel, the first in a series, uses elements of “The Iliad,” “The Odyssey,” “Aeneid” and other Greek dramas and puts them in a contemporary crime sandbox. Butler will play Danny Ryan, a street criminal-turned-ruthless leader amid a gang war between Irish and Italian crime families in New England.
The film will mark the actor’s first role since his Oscar-nominated for playing Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis,” as well as his first as a producer. Butler will produce the picture alongside David Heyman and Shane Salerno.
3000 Pictures exec Drew Reed was instrumental in tracking the series, while Elizabeth Gabler and Marisa Paiva are overseeing for the studio. All parties hope that the first film will be successful enough to justify feature film adaptations of the next two novels in the series.
The film will mark the actor’s first role since his Oscar-nominated for playing Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis,” as well as his first as a producer. Butler will produce the picture alongside David Heyman and Shane Salerno.
3000 Pictures exec Drew Reed was instrumental in tracking the series, while Elizabeth Gabler and Marisa Paiva are overseeing for the studio. All parties hope that the first film will be successful enough to justify feature film adaptations of the next two novels in the series.
- 4/3/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
Exclusive: In his first star role set since his Oscar nominated turn as Elvis Presley, Austin Butler will star in City On Fire, the Sony 3000 Pictures adaptation of the Don Winslow novel. This will be Butler’s first film as producer, alongside David Heyman and Shane Salerno. Studio has made this a high priority, and will be meeting with writers and filmmakers immediately.
Deal brings Butler back with Sony Pictures, where he had his first breakout turn in the Quentin Tarantino-directed Once Upon A Time…In America. City on Fire is the first title in a novel trilogy, so the hope is for Butler to have his first turn on the ground floor of a film franchise, after starring in the Baz Luhrmann-directed Elvis.
The HarperCollins/Morrow novel takes elements of The Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid and Greek tragic dramas and places them in a world of contemporary crime.
Deal brings Butler back with Sony Pictures, where he had his first breakout turn in the Quentin Tarantino-directed Once Upon A Time…In America. City on Fire is the first title in a novel trilogy, so the hope is for Butler to have his first turn on the ground floor of a film franchise, after starring in the Baz Luhrmann-directed Elvis.
The HarperCollins/Morrow novel takes elements of The Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid and Greek tragic dramas and places them in a world of contemporary crime.
- 4/3/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
THR has reported that Marvel’s Fantastic Four movie has a new writer. Marvel Studios has tapped Josh Friedman to rewrite the script for the upcoming feature which will be directed by WandaVision‘s Matt Shakman.
Josh Friedman has been part of James Cameron’s writers room for the Avatar sequels, and shares a story by credit on Avatar: The Way of Water with James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, and Shane Salerno. He also co-wrote the script for Avatar 4 alongside James Cameron. Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer were the previous writers on the Fantastic Four movie. It’s not clear if Friedman will work from that script or start from scratch. Kaplan and Springer are better known for their comedy scripts, while Friedman is much more involved in the world of science-fiction.
Related Fantastic Four: Kevin Feige says the reboot will be a big pillar in the...
Josh Friedman has been part of James Cameron’s writers room for the Avatar sequels, and shares a story by credit on Avatar: The Way of Water with James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, and Shane Salerno. He also co-wrote the script for Avatar 4 alongside James Cameron. Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer were the previous writers on the Fantastic Four movie. It’s not clear if Friedman will work from that script or start from scratch. Kaplan and Springer are better known for their comedy scripts, while Friedman is much more involved in the world of science-fiction.
Related Fantastic Four: Kevin Feige says the reboot will be a big pillar in the...
- 3/31/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Last week, we heard that author T.J. Newman is writing the screenplay for the film adaptation of her debut novel Falling (pick up a copy Here), a project which is set up at Universal Pictures. Now Deadline reports that Warner Bros. has come out the winner of an intense bidding war over the film rights to Newman’s second novel, Drowning.
Newman was working as a flight attendant on the Virgin Airlines redeye flight from Los Angeles to New York when she had the idea for Falling, which tells the story of an airplane pilot whose family has been kidnapped – and the kidnapper says his family will only be released if he crashes a plane with 143 passengers on board. Her second novel, which has the full title Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421, tells the following story: A plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation.
Newman was working as a flight attendant on the Virgin Airlines redeye flight from Los Angeles to New York when she had the idea for Falling, which tells the story of an airplane pilot whose family has been kidnapped – and the kidnapper says his family will only be released if he crashes a plane with 143 passengers on board. Her second novel, which has the full title Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421, tells the following story: A plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation.
- 3/27/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: In one of the wildest book rights auctions the town has seen in some time, Warner Bros. production co-heads Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy tonight landed screen rights to the upcoming T.J. Newman novel Drowning: The Rescue Of Flight 1421. Studio paid $1.5 million against $3 million, and there were five seven-figure bids on the table, sources said.
It’s the second splashy thriller novel set in the world of aviation written by Newman, who worked as a flight attendant as she wrote her debut novel Falling, which sold in three 7-figure deals: a worldwide publishing deal with Avid Reader/Simon & Schuster; foreign rights in more than 30 countries; and a $1.5 million movie deal with Universal and Working Title. The debut novel became the fastest-selling fiction debut for Simon & Schuster since 2004.
In her second novel Drowning, a plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation.
It’s the second splashy thriller novel set in the world of aviation written by Newman, who worked as a flight attendant as she wrote her debut novel Falling, which sold in three 7-figure deals: a worldwide publishing deal with Avid Reader/Simon & Schuster; foreign rights in more than 30 countries; and a $1.5 million movie deal with Universal and Working Title. The debut novel became the fastest-selling fiction debut for Simon & Schuster since 2004.
In her second novel Drowning, a plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation.
- 3/27/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
T.J. Newman was working as a flight attendant on the Virgin Airlines redeye flight from Los Angeles to New York when she had the idea for a novel she ended up calling Falling. She couldn’t get a lot of people interested in her story at first. She was rejected by more than forty different agents. But then Shane Salerno and The Story Factory signed her, and her luck turned around in a major way. She landed a seven-figure deal with Avid Reader / Simon & Schuster, another seven figures for deals in thirty other countries… and then the film rights went to Universal Pictures and Working Title for $1.5 million. They were the winners of a bidding war that included more than a dozen bids. Now Deadline reports that Newman has been hired to write the screenplay adaptation of Falling herself.
Falling (pick up a copy Here) has the following description:...
Falling (pick up a copy Here) has the following description:...
- 3/22/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Released last year, #1 national bestseller Falling: A Novel is headed to the screen, with Deadline reporting that T.J. Newman will be writing the adaptation of her own novel.
Newman is writing the screenplay for Universal and Working Title.
Falling: A Novel has been called “Jaws at 35,000 feet.”
Here’s the official synopsis for the book…
“You just boarded a flight to New York. There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard. What you don’t know is that thirty minutes before the flight your pilot’s family was kidnapped. For his family to live, everyone on your plane must die. The only way the family will survive is if the pilot follows his orders and crashes the plane. Enjoy the flight.”
Deadline notes, “Newman is the flight attendant who filled the down time on flights scribbling an aviation thriller, only to see her get rejected by 41 agents before Shane Salerno...
Newman is writing the screenplay for Universal and Working Title.
Falling: A Novel has been called “Jaws at 35,000 feet.”
Here’s the official synopsis for the book…
“You just boarded a flight to New York. There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard. What you don’t know is that thirty minutes before the flight your pilot’s family was kidnapped. For his family to live, everyone on your plane must die. The only way the family will survive is if the pilot follows his orders and crashes the plane. Enjoy the flight.”
Deadline notes, “Newman is the flight attendant who filled the down time on flights scribbling an aviation thriller, only to see her get rejected by 41 agents before Shane Salerno...
- 3/21/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Flight attendant-turned-tyro author T.J. Newman has been set to write the script for her debut bestselling novel Falling for Universal and Working Title. Now, her follow-up manuscript has leaked around town and could be the next hot auction title.
The new one is Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421, and it will be shopped imminently. A plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation. A dozen survivors sink in a sealed part of the aircraft as it perches precariously on an undersea cliff 200 feet below the surface. Among them is an engineer and his 11-year-old daughter. His estranged wife and the girl’s mother is part of the elite rescue team that races to save the passengers before their air runs out.
Newman is the flight attendant who filled the down time on flights scribbling an aviation thriller, only to...
The new one is Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421, and it will be shopped imminently. A plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation. A dozen survivors sink in a sealed part of the aircraft as it perches precariously on an undersea cliff 200 feet below the surface. Among them is an engineer and his 11-year-old daughter. His estranged wife and the girl’s mother is part of the elite rescue team that races to save the passengers before their air runs out.
Newman is the flight attendant who filled the down time on flights scribbling an aviation thriller, only to...
- 3/21/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Before Michael Crichton was known as the bestselling author of works like The Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park, Congo, Sphere, Rising Sun, and Disclosure, and before he directed movies like Westworld, Coma, The Great Train Robbery, Looker, Runaway, and Physical Evidence, he was a medical school student who was publishing novels under the pseudonym John Lange because he didn’t want his future patients to worry that he would use their stories in his writing. Now Deadline has broken the news that CrichtonSun, which is run by the author’s widow Sherri Crichton, has secured a deal with Blackstone Publishing to get the eight John Lange novels re-published.
According to Deadline, Blackstone Publishing has made a seven-figure deal with CrichtonSun to acquire the worldwide print, eBook and audiobook rights to Crichton’s first series of novels, which he wrote under the pseudonym John Lange. The eight books comprise unconnected tales of...
According to Deadline, Blackstone Publishing has made a seven-figure deal with CrichtonSun to acquire the worldwide print, eBook and audiobook rights to Crichton’s first series of novels, which he wrote under the pseudonym John Lange. The eight books comprise unconnected tales of...
- 2/24/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Universal International Studios (Uis) and Australian indie Matchbox Pictures are developing a TV adaptation of Adrian McKinty novel The Island.
Published last year, The Island follows Heather Baxter, who marries Tom and moves from a small country town to Seattle. A working vacation overseas seems like the perfect way to bring the new family together, but once they’re deep in the Australian outback, the jet-lagged and exhausted kids are so over their new mom. When they discover a remote Dutch island, off-limits to outside visitors, the family talks their way onto the ferry, taking a chance on an adventure far from the reach of iPhones and Instagram. But as soon as they set foot on the island, which is run by a tightly knit clan of locals, everything feels wrong.
The book was a bestseller and comes from the Irish author of 2020’s The Chain and the Sean Duffy...
Published last year, The Island follows Heather Baxter, who marries Tom and moves from a small country town to Seattle. A working vacation overseas seems like the perfect way to bring the new family together, but once they’re deep in the Australian outback, the jet-lagged and exhausted kids are so over their new mom. When they discover a remote Dutch island, off-limits to outside visitors, the family talks their way onto the ferry, taking a chance on an adventure far from the reach of iPhones and Instagram. But as soon as they set foot on the island, which is run by a tightly knit clan of locals, everything feels wrong.
The book was a bestseller and comes from the Irish author of 2020’s The Chain and the Sean Duffy...
- 2/22/2023
- by Max Goldbart and Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Michael Crichton’s brilliant mix of science and narrative resulted in north of $10 billion in film and TV revenue and 250 million books sold. Now, the estate of the author who died in 2008 has made another major deal to bring his work back to new audiences.
Blackstone Publishing has made a seven-figure deal with CrichtonSun to acquire the worldwide print, eBook and audiobook rights to Crichton’s first series of novels, which he wrote under the pseudonym John Lange. This was long before Jurassic Park, ER and such, and he wrote the first three titles while matriculating at Harvard Medical School. This side pursuit also came prior to his first breakout novel done under the Crichton name, 1971’s The Andromeda Strain.
The eight books comprise unconnected tales of fiction in numerous genres and will be shopped to studios and streamers for potential film/television adaptations. Perhaps Crichton didn’t want...
Blackstone Publishing has made a seven-figure deal with CrichtonSun to acquire the worldwide print, eBook and audiobook rights to Crichton’s first series of novels, which he wrote under the pseudonym John Lange. This was long before Jurassic Park, ER and such, and he wrote the first three titles while matriculating at Harvard Medical School. This side pursuit also came prior to his first breakout novel done under the Crichton name, 1971’s The Andromeda Strain.
The eight books comprise unconnected tales of fiction in numerous genres and will be shopped to studios and streamers for potential film/television adaptations. Perhaps Crichton didn’t want...
- 2/21/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Hollywood, Calif., Jan. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Cj 4Dplex, the world’s leading producer of premium film formats and cinema technologies, announced that 20th Century Studios, Lightstorm Entertainment and James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Way of Water” has become the highest- grossing release of all-time for the company, bringing in 85 million to date at the global box office from its 4Dx and ScreenX formats. “Avatar: The Way of Water” continues to play in ScreenX and 4Dx theatres around the world.
In “Avatar: The Way of Water,” audiences experience the lush lands of Pandora in ScreenX’s visually immersive panoramic format with exclusive story-enhancing imagery only available in ScreenX. Cj 4Dplex worked closely with 20th Century Studios, James Cameron and Lightstorm Entertainment to ensure the highest quality presentation of the exhilarating journey.
4Dx’s multi-sensory technology submerges audiences into the action of the film by utilizing over 21 unique motion and environmental effects. It transcends...
In “Avatar: The Way of Water,” audiences experience the lush lands of Pandora in ScreenX’s visually immersive panoramic format with exclusive story-enhancing imagery only available in ScreenX. Cj 4Dplex worked closely with 20th Century Studios, James Cameron and Lightstorm Entertainment to ensure the highest quality presentation of the exhilarating journey.
4Dx’s multi-sensory technology submerges audiences into the action of the film by utilizing over 21 unique motion and environmental effects. It transcends...
- 1/30/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
“Avatar: The Way of Water” is currently breaking box office records and is nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture.
One aspect of the movie that is easy to overlook but is a huge part of its powerful hold over people is the screenplay. Written by James Cameron and the husband-and-wife writing duo of Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, from a story cooked up by Cameron, Jaffa, Silver, Josh Friedman and Shane Salerno, “Avatar: The Way of Water” deftly balances oversized thrills with deep emotion. It’s a miraculous combination, flawlessly executed.
TheWrap spoke with Jaffa and Silver about what it was like putting the movie together and realizing that their one giant script would become the script for two movies, what the writers room was like and about the response to both Neytiri’s treatment of spider and the Internet’s favorite space whale Payakan.
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One aspect of the movie that is easy to overlook but is a huge part of its powerful hold over people is the screenplay. Written by James Cameron and the husband-and-wife writing duo of Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, from a story cooked up by Cameron, Jaffa, Silver, Josh Friedman and Shane Salerno, “Avatar: The Way of Water” deftly balances oversized thrills with deep emotion. It’s a miraculous combination, flawlessly executed.
TheWrap spoke with Jaffa and Silver about what it was like putting the movie together and realizing that their one giant script would become the script for two movies, what the writers room was like and about the response to both Neytiri’s treatment of spider and the Internet’s favorite space whale Payakan.
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- 1/29/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
The most promising sign we won't have to wait another 13 years for more "Avatar" sequels — other than James Cameron finally taking a breather from his pioneering work as an ocean explorer — is the extensive amount of work he has already put into them. Producer Jon Landau confirmed to Collider in December that principal photography for 95 of "Avatar 3" and the first act of "Avatar 4," along with scripts for every film, are complete.
Cameron has cited "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy (though he should probably credit "The Matrix" franchise too) as his model, where director Peter Jackson shot all three films back-to-back. Seeing as Cameron literally had to write the book on "Avatar," Jackson's task looks far less daunting by comparison. George Lucas may be the only other person who has undertaken something similar.
Developing scripts for four "Avatar" films simultaneously demanded a systematic approach unlike anything else in Hollywood.
Cameron has cited "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy (though he should probably credit "The Matrix" franchise too) as his model, where director Peter Jackson shot all three films back-to-back. Seeing as Cameron literally had to write the book on "Avatar," Jackson's task looks far less daunting by comparison. George Lucas may be the only other person who has undertaken something similar.
Developing scripts for four "Avatar" films simultaneously demanded a systematic approach unlike anything else in Hollywood.
- 1/22/2023
- by Walter Roberts
- Slash Film
Emma Stone has reportedly been cast in Edgar Wright’s adaptation of the novel by Adrian McKinty, ‘The Chain.’
Stone is said to be playing the role of a mother whose 11-year-old child is kidnapped, forcing her to kidnap another child to have hers released and continue the chain.
The movie tells the story of Rachel, who learns that her 11-year-old daughter has been kidnapped. The only way to get her back is to kidnap another child. Her daughter will be released only when the next victim’s parents kidnap another child. If Rachel doesn’t kidnap another child, or if that child’s parents don’t kidnap a child, her daughter will be murdered. She is now part of The Chain, a terrifying and meticulous chain letter-like kidnapping scheme that turns parents from victims into criminals.
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Stone is said to be playing the role of a mother whose 11-year-old child is kidnapped, forcing her to kidnap another child to have hers released and continue the chain.
The movie tells the story of Rachel, who learns that her 11-year-old daughter has been kidnapped. The only way to get her back is to kidnap another child. Her daughter will be released only when the next victim’s parents kidnap another child. If Rachel doesn’t kidnap another child, or if that child’s parents don’t kidnap a child, her daughter will be murdered. She is now part of The Chain, a terrifying and meticulous chain letter-like kidnapping scheme that turns parents from victims into criminals.
Also in news – Meryl Streep joins cast of ‘Only Murders in the Building...
- 1/19/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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