Andrew Adamson’s Strange Weather Films has picked up the rights to supernatural mystery BLACKPINE, reports Deadline.com.

Screenwriter Billy Ray and JJ Abrams have sold a top-secret mystery pitch to Paramount, reports Deadline.com.

Sony Pictures has tapped Dante Harper (HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS) to adapt Isaac Asimov's sci-fi trilogy FOUNDATION for director Roland Emmerich, reports Deadline.com.

Marc Guggenheim (GREEN LANTERN) has been hired to write Disney's TIME ZONES, reports Heat Vision.

FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME), the commercial and brand extension arm of FremantleMedia, today announced it has acquired the rights to Universal Soldier, the hit movie franchise, rebooting it as a major new global television property.

Warner Bros. is looking to bring in Steven Spielberg for its epic Moses tale, GODS AND KINGS, reports Deadline.com.

Chernin Ent. is in final talks to pay mid- to high-six figures for CLUE scribes Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless's untitled sci-fi script, reports Deadline.com.

Emmy-winning writer Jeffrey Scott takes a (cough!) look at the future of animation.

20th Century Fox is developing a feature version of Isaac Asimov’s THE CAVES OF STEEL, reports Deadline.com.

Atlas Ent. will be adapting the forthcoming graphic novel LANGLEY HIGH, reports ComingSoon.net.