Dan Lin And Jonathan Eirich Producing Film Adaptation Of ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ For Disney

Legendary has closed a deal for Regina King to direct and produce the feature film adaptation of “Bitter Root,” the acclaimed Image Comics series created by David F. Walker & Sanford Greene and indie veteran Chuck Brown, the studio announced on Tuesday.King will also produce with Reina King via their Royal Ties banner, alongside Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler, and Sev Ohanian of Proximity Media.

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Florida.The bee had co-champions from 2014-16, and the 2019 bee ended in an eight-way tie after organizers ran out of words difficult enough to challenge the top spellers, whose preparation with personal coaches and comprehensive study guides was no match for the vaunted Scripps word list.Durnil did not directly criticize the previous bee but said ending with one winner was a priority.“I think the spellers don't enter into our competition thinking that they're going to have to share the ultimate

Disney is turning one of Broadway’s biggest musicals into a movie!

Disney is spelling "m-u-s-i-c-a-l," closing a deal to pick up the rights to hit Broadway showThe 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, with the intent of mounting a live-action adaptation. Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich, who produced the billion-dollar-grossing live-action Aladdin remake for the studio, are producing Spelling Bee via their Rideback banner.

Disney has picked up the rights to the hit Broadway show “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” and will adapt it into a live-action film, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich, who produced the live-action “Aladdin” for the studio, will produce via their Rideback banner. Rideback’s Ryan Halprin will executive produce.The musical follows several competitors competing in a spelling bee.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAntoine Fuqua will direct and produce a new film adaptation of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning look at greed, family, death and sexual repression.The “Training Day” and “Magnificent Seven” director will join forces with producers Stephen C. Byrd and Alia Jones-Harvey, who backed a 2008 revival of the show that made history with a sold-out 19-week run as the first all-African American production on Broadway.

The Good Place‘s Jameela Jamil will host the 25th annual Webby Awards, which will take a virtual route for this year’s ceremony. The annual awards ceremony, which seeks to honor the year’s best of the Internet, will take place on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Like many other ceremonies this awards season and last, the Webby Awards has opted for a virtual event amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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Steven Spielberg‘s “The Adventures of Tintin,” earned rave reviews for his feature debut “Attack the Block,” whose launched the career of leading man John Boyega.Joe Cornish is repped by CAA, Independent Talent Group and attorney George Davis.Also on the Millar front, Netflix has set a May premiere date for Mark Millar’s superhero series “Jupiter’s Legacy.”Based on the graphic novels by Millar and Frank Quitely, the eight-episode series centers on the second generation of superheroes, who

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