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If you happen to care about the history of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (at least in its first fifty years), you'll have no shortage of reasons to read Bruce Davis' forthcoming book, The Academy and the Award. The boardroom fights—Davis, the Academy's former executive director, got access to the…

Lionsgate has acquired motion picture adaptation rights to Thieves' Gambit, an upcoming young adult thriller novel by Kayvion Lewis that has been generating deals and buzz ahead if its planned fall 2023 publish date. Steven Caple Jr, whose directing credits include Creed 2 and the upcoming Transformers: Rise of the Bea…

EXCLUSIVE: Following a competitive auction, Lionsgate has optioned the New York Times bestselling novel This Time Tomorrow, with Jason Moore to direct and produce the project. Joining Moore as producers are Todd Lieberman and David Hoberman, who will produce for Mandeville, with Alex Young executive producing. Emma Str…

EXCLUSIVE: His Dark Materials and Industry producer Bad Wolf has optioned the dramatic rights to The No-Show from British writer Beth O’Leary, who also penned the original source material for Paramount+’s Flatshare. Deadline understands Bad Wolf is in talks with an international network over greenlighting the…

EXCLUSIVE: BCDF Pictures has acquired film rights to Elena Armas’ 2022 New York Times bestseller The Spanish Love Deception, tapping Peter Hutchings (The Hating Game) to adapt it for the big screen. The romantic comedy from Simon & Schuster is the first installment in a series of the same name. It tells the story of…

UPDATE: Author James Paterson issued a straightforward apology today for comments he recently made to the Sunday Times. Patterson, who is 75, started by admitting what he said and apologizing for it: “I apologize for saying white male writers having trouble finding work is a form of racism.” Here is the full statement…

Spiegel & Grau has acquired North American rights to A Heart That Works, a memoir by actor Rob Delaney, from Meredith Miller at United Talent Agency, working in partnership with Avalon. A Heart That Works will be published in hardcover, eBook, and audiobook, read by the author, on November 29. The acquisition was…

EXCLUSIVE: Courtney Lauren Penn and Thomas Jane’s Renegade Entertainment has acquired bestselling author Candice Fox’s thriller, Gathering Dark, for development as a series. The project brings the trio back together on the heels of their success with the Amazon Freevee original series, Troppo. Published in March of…

EXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles Media Fund has landed rights to Andrew DeYoung’s novel The Temps in a competitive situation with plans to develop it for television. Gabriel Bisset-Smith (The Last Hours of Laura K) will serve as the show’s creator. The Temps was release by Turner Publishing on March 29th and sold out its first…

Bruce Davis, say the notices, is finally ready to publish his monumental history of Hollywood’s film Academy. Twelve years in the making; part memoir, part chronicle; the book—The Academy and the Award: The Coming of Age of Oscar and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences—is due this fall from Brandeis…

EXCLUSIVE: BCDF Pictures and Frolic Media are set to produce a feature adaptation of New York Times best-selling author Tessa Bailey's bestselling romantic comedy novel It Happened One Summer. The book is the first installment in Bailey's #1 New York Times and #1 USA Today bestselling Bellinger Sisters series. It has…

EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of the recent historic UFO Congressional hearing, Legendary Television has acquired the rights to A.J. Hartley and Tom DeLonge’s Sekret Machines sci-fi thriller novels for television series development. Dan Farah (Ready Player One, The Shannara Chronicles), who brought the project to Legendary…