Rocket Pictures heads Sir Elton John and David Furnish are developing a musical fantasy bio-pic about John's life called ROCKETMAN, reports Deadline.com.
Gold Circle Films is planning a remake of Taiwanese supernatural thriller SILK, reports Heat Vision.
ABC is developing a TV version of JEKYLL & HYDE with ABC Studios and Mark Gordon Co. producing and THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE scribe Matt Lopez writing, reports Deadline.com.
FX has ordered 13 episodes of an animated comedy from the producers/writers of IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA, writes The Hollywood Reporter.
Right on the heels of ABC announcing its own BEAUTY AND THE BEAST series, The CW has announced the development of a new version of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, based on the 1980s series starring Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton, writes The Hollywood Reporter.
Fox has put into development a TV adaptation of the DC Comics title THE SPECTRE, created by Jerry Siegel and Bernard Baily, reports Deadline.com.
ABC has begun development on a new TV series version of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, reports Deadline.com.
THE SIMPSONS writer-producer Matt Warburton, via Chernin Ent., has sold a comedy script to FOX, reports Variety.
Hasbro and director Ridley Scott have hired ED WOOD scribes Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski to pen their MONOPOLY adaptation, reports Heat Vision.
As part of a two-year first-look deal with Warner Bros., KatzSmith Prods.' David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith will work on a sequel to Tim Burton's BEETLEJUICE, reports Deadline.com. T
Recognizing writers as the primary content creators driving today’s videogame industry, the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced a collective call for submissions for the fifth annual Videogame Writing Award to be presented at the upcoming 2012 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday, February 19, 2012, at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York City.
20th Century Fox has tapped Mark Bomback to rewrite the script for THE WOLVERINE, reports Variety.
Starz has picked up DA VINCI’S DEMONS, written by David S. Goyer (THE DARK KNIGHT), reports Deadline.com.
Sandra Bullock is in talks to join the voice cast of 20th Century Fox TV's AND THEN THERE WAS GORDON, writes The Hollywood Reporter.
Columbia Pictures is working on a remake of 1990's sci-fi flick FLATLINERS, reports ComingSoon.net.
The Oscar-winning DEPARTED writer William Monahan has been tapped to rewrite the script for SIN CITY 2, reports Heat Vision.
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The CW has put an adaptation of DC Comics' DEADMAN into development, reports Deadline.com.
Showtime is developing a small screen adaptation of the graphic novel THE DAMNED, reports Deadline.com.
U.S. District Judge Denny Chin has ruled that writer James Muller must repay 20th Century Fox's attorney fees after losing his lawsuit against the studio over ALIEN VS. PREDATOR, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
Millennium/Nu Image has bought Paul Sloan's jungle-set spec script, reports Heat Vision.
Damien Chazelle (GUY AND MADELINE ON A PARK BENCH) has been hired to write a sequel to THE LAST EXORCISM, reports Heat Vision.
FilmNation Ent., in a bidding war, has won the rights to Mike Jones' spec script IN THE EVENT OF A MOON DISASTER, reports Deadline.com.
ABC has snagged a modern day twist on JEKYLL & HYDE from UP IN THE AIR scribe Sheldon Turner, reports Live Feed.
Noah Oppenheim, former TODAY SHOW producer turned screenwriter, has been tapped to pen MGM's remake of WAR GAMES, reports Deadline.com. Seth Gordon
