FilmNation Entertainment Acquires Ken Liu’s Sci-Fi Story ‘The Hidden Girl’ for Series Adaptation (EXCLUSIVE)

Ed Meza @edmezavarGermany’s Maze Pictures has boarded Moscow-based Metrafilm’s KGB comedy series “Pawns,” from writers Michael and Lily Idov, who penned the award-winning 2018 Cannes competition screener “Leto.”The company, which has offices in Munich, Berlin and Lucerne, Switzerland, is also developing a miniseries based on “Ghosts of Berlin,” a book of supernatural stories by filmmaker Rudolf Herzog (son of Werner Herzog), and the tentatively titled mystery series “Parallels.”On the film

The Medium has been confirmed to launch this December on PC and both Xbox Series systems as a console exclusive, Bloober Team has announced.Horror fans will be able to dive into The Medium on December 10 on both the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, or on PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. Xbox Game Pass will also find the game added to the service on day one as a free download.A brand new trailer has also dropped to celebrate the release date.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Utopia Distribution has acquired worldwide distribution rights to the documentary For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close directed by Heather Ross (Girls on the Wall). The film chronicles the titular comedy trailblazer who became an improv comedy legend.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: A sci-fi short story, written by Ken Liu, is being developed as a television series for Amazon by The OA writer Dominic Orlando with Orlando Bloom as exec producer.The Cleaners tells how, in the near future, inanimate objects carry the memories of people’s experiences, and a certain number of the population have the ability to relive those memories by touch.

Naman Ramachandran Ang Lee leads Taipei masterclasses; ITV Studios/Something Special strike formats deal; Sky hires “The Office” producer Anil Gupta; U.K.

Kim Zolciak Biermann lives large. She's got a 17,000-square foot mansion outside of Atlanta, spends big bucks on high-end hair pieces, drinks $300 wine on the daily… and she's trading that all in to live in an RV.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorDays after the entertainment industry joined cinemas in asking Congress to rescue exhibition, ratings agency S&P downgraded debt of the world’s biggest chain, AMC Entertainment, calculating it has six month of cash left unless things materially improve.The stock mostly shrugged off the news, down 0.4% to $4.63.

Felicia day has launched a Twitch series titled WomenR, highlighting diversity among creators and content in a broad spectrum of entertainment fields.

Janet W. Lee In a near-perfect twist of fate, SZA will perform her hit track “Drew Barrymore” on the actor’s new daytime talk show on Oct.

Some of the world’s biggest stars will put adults to sleep when HBO Max’s new show, “A World of Calm”, hits screens in October.

in development since 2018, is not a direct adaptation of the film, but retains the basic premise and distinctive plot device — an unraveling mystery seen through multiple characters’ competing perspectives — of the original film.Per HBO Max, “Each episode will present the perceived truth of an individual character – putting each, in turn, at the center of the story and telling the events surrounding the murder from their unique, self-serving point of view.”Also Read: 'Rashomon' Series Adaptation

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerVertical Entertainment has brokered a deal for the North American distribution rights to The True Adventures of Wolfboy, starring Knives Out and It actor Jaeden Martell (formerly credited as Jaeden Lieberher), Sophie Giannamore (The L Word Generation Q), Chris Messina (Away We Go), Eve Hewson (Bridge of Spies), and John Turturro (The Night Of).

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentPicturehouse Entertainment has acquires U.K. distribution rights from FilmNation Entertainment for Justin Simien’s “Bad Hair,” which will be released in British movie theaters on Nov.

Cynthia Nixon isn’t giving up hope on a potential Sex & the City 3 movie!

Joe Otterson TV ReporterDemi Moore is attached to star in a series adaptation of the QCode podcast “Dirty Diana” that is currently in development at Amazon.The erotic drama podcast debuted in August, with Moore lending her famous voice to the leading role.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: FilmNation Entertainment, producer of the Emmy-nominated HBO limited series I Know This Much Is True, is signaling a further push into television, signing a multi-year TV development fund deal with Wishmore (The Personal History of David Copperfield), the company owned and run by Greek film financier and producer Christos V. Konstantakopoulos.

Clayton Davis As the early rumblings of the Oscar race begin with the conclusion of Toronto and the kickoff of NYFF, Netflix is starting to set their chess pieces up for a strategic and boastful awards season.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A vile HGV driver sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl after sending her What’s App messages saying “I love you” and calling her his “girlfriend”.John Boyd spent weeks sending messages to the youngster referring to her “kissable” lips and calling her “my gorgeous princess”.The 54-year-old predator later lured the youngster to a bedroom and picked her up, kissed her and squeezed her buttocks.Boyd, of