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Based on Nova
After rumors started to spread of a potential Nova project from filmmaker Michael Waldron last week, sources now tell Deadline that the Chad Powers creator is developing a feature film around the comic at Marvel Studios. Insiders stress the project is still in early development but that Waldron is on board to pen the script […]
Based on Silo
It’s time to dig deep once more in the dystopian world of Apple TV’s Silo, based on the books by Hugh Howey. Season 3 of the science-fiction television series adaptation arrives right before America’s 250th birthday. With some new faces joining Season 3 after Steve Zahn boarded the show in Season 2, Juliette’s lost memories […]
Based on The Five-Star Weekend
The series adaptation of Elin Hiderbrand’s The Five-Star Weekend dropped on Peacock this week. Based on her 2023 novel, the series stars Jennifer Garner. Bekah Brunstetter (Maid, This Is Us) created and wrote the series adaptation. The first adaptation of her work, The Perfect Couple, was a hit for Netflix and has spawned a Season 2, which will be […]
Based on Trust Me, I'm a Doctor
Nearly 20 years after her death, an upcoming movie about Anna Nicole Smith’s doctor is making waves with her family. Larry Birkhead, the father of the late pop culture icon’s daughter Dannielynn, stressed that they “absolutely object” to Trust Me, I’m a Doctor, which premieres Oct. 16, based on Dr. Sandeep Kapoor’s 2017 book of […]
Based on The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah’s best-selling historical fiction book The Nightingale will be made into a movie after all. The project was first sparked before the COVID-19 pandemic, which slowed momentum on the making of the film. Now the movie has a theatrical release date set and a growing cast attached to the story. For everything we know […]
Based on The Secret of Secrets
EXCLUSIVE: Railroad Daddy Morgan Spector is poised to succeed America’s Dad Tom Hanks as Professor Robert Langdon. The Gilded Age star is in negotiations to headline Netflix’s series adaptation of Dan Brown’s latest novel, The Secret of Secrets, sources said. Rebecca Hall (The Town) is in talks for the female lead opposite Morgan in the […]
Based on Dune Messiah
UPDATED, July 8, 2026: Another trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s final Dune film is here. Zendaya’s Chani is not happy with Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreidies, who “promised” her that he would never “take power in [his] name.” Jason Momoa’s Duncan Idaho remarks how the Lisan al-Gaib has “conquered the galaxy” and “destroyed thousands of worlds.” When […]
Based on The Woman in Me
Four-time Emmy nominee Liz Meriwether is set to pen the screenplay based on Britney Spears memoir The Woman in Me which Wicked producer Marc Platt is producing and director Jon M. Chu is helming at Universal. The studio took rights to the novel with Platt and Chu back in August 2024. Merimether is penning the […]
Based on Pawn
JuVee Productions, the production company founded by Emmy and Oscar winner Viola Davis and producer Julius Tennon, has entered into a first-look deal with Universal Global Television. Under the pact, Juvee will develop and produce series with UGT for all platforms, and has set Pawn, a series adaptation based on an original short story by […]
Based on Crookhaven
EXCLUSIVE: BBC children’s drama Crookhaven is heading back for another semester at high school. A second season of the show, which is based on the bestselling books from J.J. Arcanjo, has been greenlit, with BBC execs saying it will “go even deeper” into the lore. Season 2 will once again explore the complicated friendship between […]
Based on Lazarus
Apple TV’s new Liev Schreiber, Zazie Beetz, and Stephen Graham-led drama series Nocturne has set Friday, October 30, for its premiere date. The show was previously known as Lazarus. First-look photos can be found above and below. The series is based on the Lars Kepler novels Lazarus and The Sandman. Nocturne hails from writer and […]
Based on The Gatekeeper
EXCLUSIVE: Mosul filmmaker Matthew Michael Carnahan is set to direct The Gatekeeper, which is in development for Amazon MGM Studios and Di Bonaventura Pictures. The pic is based on New York Times bestselling author James Byrne’s novel Deadlock and follows Desmond “Dez” Aloysius Limerick, an unconventional multi-talented ex-operative. After a chance meeting saving the life of a […]
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