‘Fosse/Verdon’ Writer & Director Adapt Kate Summerscale Novel ‘The Haunting Of Alma Fielding’ Into TV Series For New Pics

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorGerman movie and television company Telepool – which is co-owned by Will Smith and Swiss investor Elysian Fields – and its sales arm Global Screen are embarking on a strategic realignment to board projects at an earlier stage as co-production and co-financing partners, in addition to handling world sales, and have revealed the first three projects they have boarded as part of this adjusted approach.Jan Frouman, who joined Telepool as CEO in

The 11th annual Athena Film Festival has unveiled its 2021 honorees as well as set two more screenings and additional panels for its month-long virtual edition. The female-focused event this year has also added another grant to its annual awards, launching the Chinonye Chukwu Emerging Writer Award, named for the Clemency writer-director whose script for the acclaimed Alfre Woodard-starring death-row drama was on the festival's Black List-inspired Athena List.

EXCLUSIVE:  Writer Ike Holter, who is best known for his work on the FX series Fosse/Verdon, has signed with M88, which has become the go-to management firm representing a diverse generation of talented artists.

Director Spike Lee and HBO Documentary Films are in production on NYC Epicenters 9/11-2021½, a multi-part documentary described by the network as “an epic chronicle of life, loss and survival in the city of New York over the twenty years since the September 11th attacks.” The epicenters of the title refer to both 9/11 and Covid-19.

Kate Lawler and fiancé Martin could not be happier after welcoming their first child, a beautiful baby girl called Noa, on 11 February. But parenthood has been no easy ride as the TV personality had a C-section and Noa was taken to intensive care during her first hours due to breathing issues.Thankfully, her condition improved quickly, but last week little Noa was rushed to A&E and had to stay in hospital.

Disney+ has announced a new premiere date for its Thor spin-off series, Loki.Previously penciled in for May, the Marvel show is now set to premiere on June 11 – about three months after the arrival of The Falcon And The Winter Soldier.The series sees Tom Hiddleston reprise his role as the God of Mischief following the events of Avengers: Endgame. The cast also includes Owen Wilson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sophia Di Martino, Wunmi Mosaku and Richard E.

Gone Bamboo have been acquired by producers Webster and Robert Stone (Gone In Sixty Seconds) for a scripted series of the story set on the Caribbean island of St. Martin [via Deadline].Gone Bamboo follows hedonistic assassin Henry Denard who fails to cap a career-best hit and enlists the help of his skilled wife Helen to finish the job and keep the peace on the island.In the book’s introduction Bourdain wrote: “I wanted to write a sociopath beach book.

Woody Allen has condemned a new documentary series exploring allegations that he sexually abused his then-adoptive seven-year-old daughter. Allen v Farrow, which began in the US last night (21 February), features Dylan Farrow alleging in detail that Allen molested her when she was a child.

Taylor Swift has (finally) entered the political arena — and so far she’s kicked down doors supporting the political causes, politicians, and policies about which she most cares!

UTA has signed writer-director Dylan Meyer. Meyer has become an increasingly in-demand screenwriter.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorHulu’s “The Dropout” will be going ahead without Kate McKinnon, who was set to star in and executive produce the story of Therano founder Elizabeth Holmes.The limited drama series will now look to cast a new actor to play the entrepreneur before the planned summer production start.Deadline first reported her exit.more to come…

"Home Improvement" had a quality that all sitcoms strive for: chemistry between leads Tim Allen and Richard Karn.

Regina King is having a pretty great year and a half, isn’t she? Over her already-great career, she starred in numerous films and was already a household name, as an Oscar winner, when she landed the lead in “Watchmen.” However, the popularity of that show (and the awards recognition she received) opened her career up even more. And then you have her directorial debut, “One Night in Miami…” which is poised to make King an Oscar darling, only adding to her success.

The Woody Allen sexual abuse scandal has followed the filmmaker for decades now. While Allen still claims he has been vindicated in court, his accusers still believe he’s guilty of abuse of one of Mia Farrow’s children when she was only a child.

The Haunting of Alma Fielding, Kate Summerscale’s Baillie Gifford Prize-shortlisted novel, is to be adapted for television by New Pictures with writer Charlotte Stoudt (Fosse/Verdon) and director Minkie Spiro (The Plot Against America, Fosse/Verdon). Stoudt and Spiro are currently working together on an eight-part psychological thriller, Pieces of Her: an adaptation of the New York Times bestseller for Netflix, starring Toni Collette.

Angelique Jackson Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller-Bridge will be putting a new spin on “Mr. and Mrs.

Florian Zeller’s film directing debut, The Father, adapted from his Tony-nominated and Molière winning play Le Père, takes the inside perspective of Anthony (Anthony Hopkins)’s slow slide into dementia, as his daughter (Olivia Colman) attempts to care for him.