Book to Screen
Track recent announcements for film, television, and limited-series adaptations.
EXCLUSIVE: After acquiring Jason Pagan and Andrew Deutschman’s genre script Every House Is Haunted, based on the Ian Rogers short story “The House on Ashley Avenue,” in 2021, Netflix has sold the project to 20th Century Studios. Adam Schindler and Brian Netto, the filmmaking duo behind the 2024 Netflix thriller Don’t Move, starring Kelsey Asbille […]
EXCLUSIVE: Weapons Oscar winner Amy Madigan has inked a deal to join The Comebacker, the new Sony film billed as a love letter to baseball, which stars Tom Hanks and Callum Turner. Based on a short story by Dave Eggers, the film revolves around a young pitcher (Turner) for the New York Mets whose life is turned […]
Prime Video has greenlit a six-part limited series based on Stephen King’s Crouch End short story. The series will also be titled Crouch End and produced in the UK. The official synopsis reads: “London never sleeps deeply, and its dreams are uneasy. When global movie star Doris Freeman bursts into a London police station claiming […]
Ron Perlman (Apple’s Cape Fear) is set for a role alongside Lily James and Jack Reynor in Seasons, Amazon MGM Studios’ horror film marking the sophomore feature of Companion‘s Drew Hancock. Character details are being kept under wraps. Hancock’s script is based on a viral horror short story by Matt & Harrison Query that first appeared on Reddit […]
EXCLUSIVE: Below are your first look images of stars Joseph Morgan (Vampire Diaries) and Katie Cassidy (Arrow) in the contemporary reimagining of H.P. Lovecraft’s short story Herbert West: Reanimator. We first told you about the movie of the same name last year and it has now gone into production in Alton, Illinois. Morgan, also known for The Originals […]
EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures has landed “Renegades,” a short story by Will Simmons, who is attached to adapt for film, with Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley (Mayday) directing. Plot details for the project, described as an action-thriller, are under wraps. Hutch Parker (Venom, X-Men franchises) is set to produce under his deal at the studio with Dan Wilson; Kevin […]
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 […]
EXCLUSIVE: Jilly Cooper (Rivals) short story A Pressing Engagement is being adapted by Audible with a voice cast featuring Rhea Norwood (Heartstopper), Corey Mylchreest (Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story), Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso), Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd), Vivian Oparah (Rye Lane) and Bessie Carter (Bridgerton). Set in London in 1978, the show “will chart the story of Hester – a secretary stuck in […]