Exclusive: Though it doesn’t release the sci-fi action thriller The Maze Runner until September 19, 20th Century Fox has exercised the option to buy The Scorch Trials, the second book in the four-novel series written by James Dashner. The studio has set T.S. Nowlin to adapt. The Maze Runner, which was adapted by Noah Oppenheim, Grant Myers and Nowlin, marks the directorial debut of student Academy Award winner Wes Ball and has an ensemble led by Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Will Poulter and Aml Ameen. Related: ‘Maze Runner’ Release Pushed To September 2014 Ball will supervise Nowlin’s adaptation of The Scorch Trials. In The Maze Runner, a group of youngsters find themselves in The Glades, and have to find their way through a seemingly impenetrable maze. In The Scorch Trials, the main kids have escaped, but now they face an even more treacherous challenge on the open roads of a devastated planet.
- 10/10/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Zac Efron is attached to star in the true-crime story "Narc" for Lbi and 20th Century Fox.
Called a "collegiate Donnie Brasco," the story follows a popular college student, lacrosse captain and fraternity president busted by local police for cocaine.
He was then offered a deal - he would not be arrested if he became an undercover informant to help put away big-time criminals.
Grant Myers penned the script while Julie and Rick Yorn will produce.
Source: THR...
Called a "collegiate Donnie Brasco," the story follows a popular college student, lacrosse captain and fraternity president busted by local police for cocaine.
He was then offered a deal - he would not be arrested if he became an undercover informant to help put away big-time criminals.
Grant Myers penned the script while Julie and Rick Yorn will produce.
Source: THR...
- 5/22/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Fox has gone deep undercover to pick up Narc, a true-crime project, with Zac Efron attached to star. Julie and Rick Yorn will produce the film via their Fox-based shingle Lbi, while Grant Myers, who is part of the studio's writing program, is onboard to pen the script. Photos: Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling Step Out for 'The Lucky One' Hollywood Premiere Narc, described as a college-set Donnie Brasco, centers on an all-American college student who is a big man on campus -- president of his fraternity and captain of his lacrosse team. He gets busted by local
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- 5/21/2013
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Maybe it’s appropriate that director Wes Ball just tweeted that Blake Cooper got the pivotal role of Chuck in The Maze Runner. Cooper got Ball’s attention with a flurry of tweets to the director, basically saying “I’m your Chuck!” Ball finally connected the young actor with Fox’s casting director Denise Chamian, who allowed Cooper to send in a self-taped audition for the role. It got him the job. 20th Century Fox‘s Hunger Games-esque Maze Runner will star Cooper, Dylan O’Brien (Teen Wolf), Will Poulter, Kaya Scodelario, Aml Ameen, and Thomas Brodie-Sangster, with filming to begin in May in Baton Rouge for a February 14, 2014 release. Pic is based on James Dashner’s novel trilogy about a group of teens who wake up in a maze with no memory of how they got there. Script is by Noah Oppenheim, rewritten by Grant Myers and T.S. Nowlin.
- 4/23/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Sterek shippers can get excited.
The two Tylers and the now departed Colton Haynes may have gotten the beefcake attention, but the real scene stealer of MTV's "Teen Wolf" series is Dylan O'Brien as the lead character's cocky best friend Stiles.
Now, O'Brien is now set to bring his talents to the big screen as he has scored the lead role of Thomas in the latest young adult novel series adaptation "The Maze Runner" at 20th Century Fox.
Thomas is one of a group of teens who wake up in a giant maze with no memory of how they got there. He then searches for answers and a way out.
Will Poulter, Kaya Scodelario, Aml Ameen, and Thomas Brodie-Sangster also star. James Dashner penned the book series which Noah Oppenheim, Grant Myers and T.S. Nowlin worked on the script for.
Wes Ball directs the project which begins shooting in May in Baton Rouge,...
The two Tylers and the now departed Colton Haynes may have gotten the beefcake attention, but the real scene stealer of MTV's "Teen Wolf" series is Dylan O'Brien as the lead character's cocky best friend Stiles.
Now, O'Brien is now set to bring his talents to the big screen as he has scored the lead role of Thomas in the latest young adult novel series adaptation "The Maze Runner" at 20th Century Fox.
Thomas is one of a group of teens who wake up in a giant maze with no memory of how they got there. He then searches for answers and a way out.
Will Poulter, Kaya Scodelario, Aml Ameen, and Thomas Brodie-Sangster also star. James Dashner penned the book series which Noah Oppenheim, Grant Myers and T.S. Nowlin worked on the script for.
Wes Ball directs the project which begins shooting in May in Baton Rouge,...
- 4/19/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The feature adaptation of James Dashner's young adult novel The Maze Runner has found its leading male, and it's a face that should be very familiar to those who tune in to MTV's Teen Wolf. Dylan O'Brien, who plays Stiles in the MTV drama, has been tapped to play the role of Thomas in the sci-fi film. Deadline broke the news of O'Brien's casting. Wes Ball is set to direct 20th Century Fox's adaptation, based on a script by Noah Oppenheim (redrafted by Grant Myers and T.S. Nowlin). News of O'Brien's casting follows word that Chronicles of Narnia's Will Poulter and Skins' Kaya Scodelario are also on board to star in the film. The Maze Runner centers on Thomas, a guy who finds himself mysteriously delivered to a place called the Glade with no memory of anything other than his own name. Each day, a new boy is...
- 4/18/2013
- cinemablend.com
Teen Wolf star Dylan O’Brien has agreed to star in Maze Runner, the next Ya novel series coming to theaters.
The film comes from James Dashner’s trilogy of books which concern a group of teens who wake up in a maze with no recollection of how they got there, and must find a way out. I like the premise, even if it’s simple, and I like the hire. Dylan O’Brien is the best part of Teen Wolf (faint praise, but I meant it as a compliment), and definitely has comedic chops, as seen in The First Time as well. He joins a cast with many name of the week nominees, Will Poulter, Kaya Scodelario, Aml Ameen, and Thomas Brodie-Sangster, in a film to be directed by Wes Ball.
The project is scripted by Noah Oppenheim, with rewrites by Grant Myers and T.S. Nowlin. The film is headed for a February 14th,...
The film comes from James Dashner’s trilogy of books which concern a group of teens who wake up in a maze with no recollection of how they got there, and must find a way out. I like the premise, even if it’s simple, and I like the hire. Dylan O’Brien is the best part of Teen Wolf (faint praise, but I meant it as a compliment), and definitely has comedic chops, as seen in The First Time as well. He joins a cast with many name of the week nominees, Will Poulter, Kaya Scodelario, Aml Ameen, and Thomas Brodie-Sangster, in a film to be directed by Wes Ball.
The project is scripted by Noah Oppenheim, with rewrites by Grant Myers and T.S. Nowlin. The film is headed for a February 14th,...
- 4/18/2013
- by Andy Greene
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
I can’t get enough of book to movie projects. It’s like a real life Cinderella story for the author. The latest on my radar is Maze Runner written by James Dashner. And one of the lead roles seems to be veering towards The Chronicles of Narnia and Son of Rambow star Will Poulter.
Here’s the synopsis:
Thomas awakens in a dilapidated elevator with no memories except for his own name. The elevator deposits him into a strange place called The Glade – a large outdoor space surrounded on all sides by 150 foot walls of solid stone, and inhabited by 50 other boys who have lived there for the past 2 years all with no memory of how they got there or who sent them. Every morning the walls move apart to allow the boys out of the Glade and into the enormous and complex Maze that stretched for miles and...
Here’s the synopsis:
Thomas awakens in a dilapidated elevator with no memories except for his own name. The elevator deposits him into a strange place called The Glade – a large outdoor space surrounded on all sides by 150 foot walls of solid stone, and inhabited by 50 other boys who have lived there for the past 2 years all with no memory of how they got there or who sent them. Every morning the walls move apart to allow the boys out of the Glade and into the enormous and complex Maze that stretched for miles and...
- 3/8/2013
- by Jess Orso
- ScifiMafia
Will Poulter ("The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader," "Son of Rambow") has been offered one of the lead roles in the Wes Ball-directed film adaptation of James Dashner's young adult dystopian novel "The Maze Runner" for The Gotham Group and 20th Century Fox.
The story follows a young man named Thomas awakens with no memory and deposited into a community of boys trapped inside an enormous maze.
He soon learns they are part of a mysterious test, and finds it is his destiny to join the ‘maze runners’ and lead them to freedom. Noah Oppenheim and Grant Myers have adapted the script.
Source: Deadline...
The story follows a young man named Thomas awakens with no memory and deposited into a community of boys trapped inside an enormous maze.
He soon learns they are part of a mysterious test, and finds it is his destiny to join the ‘maze runners’ and lead them to freedom. Noah Oppenheim and Grant Myers have adapted the script.
Source: Deadline...
- 3/6/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
With the publication of the 2010 Black List another compilation of the year's best unproduced screenplays has arrived. This is the fifth year that The Black List has been in existence, and its purpose is to shine a spotlight on what 290 film executives think are some of the best creative executions of ideas worthy for the big screen.
To be nominated and included on The Black List a screenplay can't have been released in 2010. As well, the minimum number of votes that a screenplay needed to have to warrant inclusion on the list is five. Several of the projects listed on Tbl are in development and will be released in the next twelve months. Others might have heat but take years to reach theaters, and there are also many that will never be greenlighted.
In the words of the creators of The Black List, don't take this assembly of screenplays to...
To be nominated and included on The Black List a screenplay can't have been released in 2010. As well, the minimum number of votes that a screenplay needed to have to warrant inclusion on the list is five. Several of the projects listed on Tbl are in development and will be released in the next twelve months. Others might have heat but take years to reach theaters, and there are also many that will never be greenlighted.
In the words of the creators of The Black List, don't take this assembly of screenplays to...
- 12/15/2010
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Every year, film executive Franklin Leonard releases his list, called The Black List, of most-liked unproduced screenplays in Hollywood. This year's list was compiled from the suggestions of 290 film executives, each of whom picked up to ten of their favorite scripts. Since the list started in 2004, many screenplays ended up being turned into films. In 2005, two of the top three scripts were "Lars and the Real Girl" which was nominated for Best Original Screenplay Oscar, and "Juno" which actually won the Oscar. See The 2010 Black List below, broken up by how many votes each screenplay received. Keep in mind, some of the projects are already in the works. 49 Votes: * College Republicans (by Wes Jones): Based on true events. Aspiring politician Karl Rove runs a dirty campaign for national College Republican Chairman under the guidance of Lee Atwater, his campaign manager. 47 Votes: * Jackie (by Noah Oppenheim): Jackie Kennedy fights...
- 12/14/2010
- WorstPreviews.com
The Black List started in 2005 when Franklin Leonard was working for Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way production company. Leonard was getting drowned in sub-par spec scripts, so he sent an e-mail out to his industry contacts looking for the best unproduced scripts out there. The 2005 Black List and the 2006 Black List were undeniably important in getting a fresh batch of writers on the Hollywood scene. Since then, too many people know about the party and the studio system has learned that people are paying attention. That means that increasingly, scripts have been lobbied into the Black List. [Note: I have no actual evidence I would be able to share, disclose or show you that proves this, so file that assertion under: "Things Dave thinks and gets to write because he's squatted on that soapbox long enough to get squatter's rights."]This year: the majority of the Black List Top Ten has already been sold or optioned. I'm not sure how helpful it is to make a list of good In Production scripts. Certainly less helpful to writer's churning out material that keeps getting passed over (or people who have Not starred in Prison Break...
- 12/13/2010
- LRMonline.com
Back in 2004, a list was compiled of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood of that year. This came to be known as The Black List. It was all started by a young executive at Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company Appian Way, who polled 90+ peers to send him their 10 favorite, new, unproduced screenplays to read over the holidays. It has since become a tradition at the end of every year, in December, to release this list, which is voted on by a group of individuals in the entertainment industry from producer assistants, talent agency individuals, and many people involved with film development all the way up to VP's.
The 2010 Black List is here, and thanks to Deadline we have the list of best unproduced screenplays. Most of the scripts we've heard of, many of them are in production, some have already wrapped filming, they just wont be released until next year.
The 2010 Black List is here, and thanks to Deadline we have the list of best unproduced screenplays. Most of the scripts we've heard of, many of them are in production, some have already wrapped filming, they just wont be released until next year.
- 12/13/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Every year, studio executive Franklin Leonard compiles the “Black List,” a collection of the best unproduced screenplays as voted on by 300 execs and high-level assistants. The 2010 list is the sixth of its kind to bring additional awareness to Hollywood’s hottest scripts.
Topping the list this year is Wes Jones’ College Republicans, a Social Network-esque story (read my script review here) about the underhanded election of Karl Rove to a National College Republican seat, managed by strategy wunderkind Lee Atwater. Shia Labeouf is attached to play Atwater and Paul Dano as Rove. Previous Black List leaders include 2008’s The Beaver, which became a long-delayed film directed by Jodie Foster and starring Mel Gibson, and 2009’s The Muppet Man, which remains on the shelf.
Top 10 of 2010 (via the La Times). The Black List is available for download on the official website. Update: the rest added below:
49 votes: “College Republicans” by Wes Jones.
Topping the list this year is Wes Jones’ College Republicans, a Social Network-esque story (read my script review here) about the underhanded election of Karl Rove to a National College Republican seat, managed by strategy wunderkind Lee Atwater. Shia Labeouf is attached to play Atwater and Paul Dano as Rove. Previous Black List leaders include 2008’s The Beaver, which became a long-delayed film directed by Jodie Foster and starring Mel Gibson, and 2009’s The Muppet Man, which remains on the shelf.
Top 10 of 2010 (via the La Times). The Black List is available for download on the official website. Update: the rest added below:
49 votes: “College Republicans” by Wes Jones.
- 12/13/2010
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
The Black List has been released. The annual list is compiled with a poll of 300 (up from last year's 250) development executives and high-level assistants, and contains a ranking of the hot screenplays making the rounds in Hollywoodland, which were written in, or are somehow uniquely associated with, 2010 and will not be released in theaters during this calendar year. Basically, the black list contains the hottest projects in Hollywood that you haven't heard of yet. Note: The headline is a slightly inaccurate, because a lot of these screenplays have already been acquired (six of the top ten listed), a bunch are in production now, and some have even finished production. One of this year's top ten screenplays, J.C. Chandor's Margin Call, about the last 24 hours at now-defunct investment bank Lehman Brothers is already in the can and set to premiere at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival with Chandor at the helm...
- 12/13/2010
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Frank Leonard is the most popular man in Hollywood today. This fine December day marks the release of the 6th annual Black List, a ranked collection of the top un-produced screenplays in the town, compiled by Leonard. Last year the top script was The Muppet Man from Christopher Weekes about “the life and times of the late Jim Henson.” Coming in second was Aaron Sorkin‘s The Social Network script, which is a current frontrunner to sweep the Oscars. The year before was The Beaver, now starring Mel Gibson and set for a release in 2011.
The top one this year, College Republicans, has Shia Labeouf and Paul Dano attached. As for the rest of the list, I’ll be seeing Margin Call (pictured above) at Sundance 2011 and Safe House goes into production next year. We also reported on Oldboy director Park Chan-wook‘s English language debut with Carey Mulligan attached,...
The top one this year, College Republicans, has Shia Labeouf and Paul Dano attached. As for the rest of the list, I’ll be seeing Margin Call (pictured above) at Sundance 2011 and Safe House goes into production next year. We also reported on Oldboy director Park Chan-wook‘s English language debut with Carey Mulligan attached,...
- 12/13/2010
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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