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As Jon M. Chu brings the latest big-screen installment to L. Frank Baum’s ever-expanding universe, he’s reflecting on the societal shifts that have historically punctuated adaptations of Oz. The Wicked director explained that the Yellow Brick Road has become “the road we travel” ever since Baum…

Walker Scobell's Percy Jackson will get the chance to take on "The Sea of Monsters" just like Logan Lerman before him in the film version. Related Stories News ‘Percy Jackson & The Olym…

Apple and A24 have tapped Lena Dunham to adapt the Michael Lewis book Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon, which tells the story of failed FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. The film is early development. Going Infinite is the story of FTX's spectacular collapse and the enigmatic founder at…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures has picked up rights to bestselling author Eliza Jane Brazier's recently published novel It Had to Be You. Brazier will adapt the script and executive produce the project, which is in early development at the studio. Related Stories …

While viewers await Denis Villeneuve's third Dune film, Max's Dune: Prophecy series will take audiences back to the world of Frank Herbert's science fiction novels. The prequel series takes place long before the characters in Villeneuve's films fight for control of the galaxy. Co-produced with…

A movie extending the Game of Thrones franchise, based on the hugely popular fantasy books by George R.R. Martin, is in very early development at Warner Bros., sources have confirmed to Deadline. Warner Bros declined to comment. From what we hear, there have only been preliminary discussions on the…

Diego Boneta will executive produce and star in the new Amazon MGM Studios series The Undoing of Alejandro Velasco, a project that has been in development simultaneously with Boneta’s debut novel of the same name. The psychological thriller centers on handsome stranger Julian Villareal (Boneta), who…

EXCLUSIVE: Virgin River and Sullivan’s Crossing author Robyn Carr has partnered again with Creator/Showrunner Roma Roth to adapt her Thunder Point novels into a dramatic scripted series. The book series – nine in all — takes place in the coastal town of Thunder Point, a place filled with lots…

EXCLUSIVE: The life of legendary author Ernest Hemingway is set to become a ten-part TV drama. LA’s Avatar Entertainment has secured rights to Mary V. Dearborn’s Ernest Hemingway: A Biography and was at MIPCOM this week shopping the project to buyers. Larry Robinson, Head of Avatar Entertainment…

EXCLUSIVE: Objectively Good Media has secured exclusive film rights to Carlos Vieira’s memoir Knockin’ Doorz Down, enlisting Chris Shafer and Paul Vicknair (Before We Go) to mount an adaptation, titled The 9,009 Lives of a Cocaine God, from their own script. Based on a true story, The 9,009 Lives…

New Regency’s Brad Pitt and Ed Norton gritty noir, Fight Club, is 25 years old and to celebrate there’s a 4K Ultra HD remaster overseen by David Fincher with plans for a theatrical re-release as well as a companion art book from the studio and Insight Editions. The book features never-before-seen…

Several best-selling books have inspired new and returning television series this year as well as box office magnets like It Ends With Us and later in the fall — Wicked. Still novel adaptations more are in the works, like the many romantic comedies of Emily Henry and a few more Colleen Hoover…