Paramount Teams With Scholastic Entertainment, Akiva Goldsman & Josephson Entertainment On Film Adaptation For YA Book ‘Caster’

Amy Adams has joined the cast of the film adaptation of “Dear Evan Hansen” at Universal and features the music and lyrics from “La La Land” duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.Adams will play Cynthia Murphy, mother of Connor and Zoe.“Dear Evan Hansen” is the story of a high school senior who has severe social anxiety and has trouble connecting with others and making friends. After the suicide of a classmate, Hansen gets caught in a lie that brings him closer to his classmate’s family.

Ariel Winter shows off her curves in a cute red bikini and pink cover up while hanging out at the beach in over the weekend in Laguna Beach, Calif.

Director Thor Freudenthal was reviewing advance copies of books two years ago when he found one that immediately "stood out." The book was author Julia Walton's soon-to-be published young adult novelWords on Bathroom Walls (Random House), a story centered on a teenager named Adam coming to terms with his schizophrenia diagnosis.

Dave McNary Film ReporterDerek Kolstad, the screenwriter behind the “John Wick” series, is collaborating with Davis Entertainment, Black Label Media and Gunpowder & Sky’s Dust for an adaptation of the South Korean short film “Time Agent.”Written and directed by Jude Chun, “Time Agent” was originally released by Dust in 2018 and follows an agent who travels to the past to save the future, by making barely-perceptible yet very influential alterations to the timeline.

“The Hate U Give” star Amandla Stenberg has joined the cast of the film adaptation of “Dear Evan Hansen” at Universal and features the music and lyrics from “La La Land” duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.Stenberg will play the role of the high school senior Alana, which has been expanded and re-conceived from the original stage musical; it will now have Stenberg singing a new song that she will also write in collaboration with Pasek and Paul.“Dear Evan Hansen” is the story of a high school senior

TMZ reported on Friday that even though Ronnie Ortiz-Magro and Jen Harley were seen together in public again, sources claim they’re not trying to make it work. The publication says the 34-year-old Jersey Shore star and the 32-year-old were together on Huntington Beach, California, approximately 10 months after his domestic violence arrest.

Angelique Jackson A film adaptation of Femi Fadugba’s YA fantasy novel “The Upper World” is in the works at Netflix, with Oscar nominee Daniel Kaluuya on board to star and produce.Kaluuya will play Esso, who is at the center of the film’s time-bending tale, producing the movie alongside Screen Arcade’s Eric Newman and Bryan Unkeless. Newman brought the novel to Netflix, which has acquired the worldwide rights to adapt it into a feature film.

Angelique Jackson Roxane Gay’s graphic novel “The Banks” is coming to the big screen, with a film adaptation in the works from publisher TKO Studios and Macro.The six-part graphic novel — written by the New York Times bestselling writer (“Hunger,” “Bad Feminist”) and drawn by artist Ming Doyle (“The Kitchen”) — was published in 2019 and follows the story of three generations of Black female master thieves in Chicago.

Jason Bateman and Mark Perez are set to direct a film adaptation of the novel Superworld, a story set in a world where everyone except one person has super powers.The duo, who last worked together on Game Night, have teamed up to adapt the novel by Gus Krieger (per The Hollywood Reporter).Released exclusively as an Audible audiobook, Superworld is set in 2038 and takes place on an Earth populated entirely by super-powered beings – except for one man named Iggy Lohman.

Jeff Vasishta Despite the fact that Covid-19 has put a major damper on in-person concerts, veteran rocker Jon Bon Jovi is still keeping the money rolling in through his house flipping side hustle. In 2018, the silver-maned singer dropped $10 million on an ocean-view home in mega-posh Palm Beach, Fla., that he promptly razed and replaced with a brand-new villa.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: ABC gameshow The $100,000 Pyramid is returning to the studio in the last week of August.The Michael Strahan-hosted series shoots in New York and it is thought that it is one of the first major non-scripted entertainment shows to return to the studio in New York, where Strahan films Good Morning America.It comes after The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon moved back into 30 Rock a couple of weeks ago with The Late Show with Stephen Colbert planning to

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsCyma Zarghami, former Nickelodeon President, will team with two-time NBA All-Star Baron Davis and his UWish production company to create sports-related short films geared for kids and their families.The new MiMo sports devision will feature a mix of sports-themed content ranging from real life stories to scripted titles under its Heroes of the Game category, with Davis serving as executive producer and creative consultant on all projects.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorAdding to comments from media executives in recent days about the state of theatrical movie releases, ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish defended Paramount Pictures but said windows will “probably shorten.”Paramount “is an incredible asset for ViacomCBS,” Bakish told Wall Street analysts during the company’s second-quarter earnings call Thursday.

Deceuninck-QuickStep rider Fabio Jakobsen's crash during the bunch-sprint finish to stage 1 of the Tour de Pologne on Wednesday, when the Dutch road race champion appeared to be forced into the barriers by Dylan Groenewegen, who was later disqualified by the race jury.Groenewegen was judged to have deviated from his line in the sprint, and his Jumbo-Visma team wrote on Twitter on Wednesday evening that "crashes like this should not happen", offering their apologies, and saying that they "will

Tour de Pologne race organisers have released a statement following a horrific crash during the final sprint of stage 1 that resulted in Deceuninck-QuickStep sprinter Fabio Jakobsen being airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries on Wednesday. Race director Czeslaw Lang said he feared the worst for Jakobsen, who has been placed in a medically-induced coma, but after visiting the Santa Barbara Hospital in Sosnowiec, Lang was relieved to learn that the rider's condition had

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Even with the NBA restart in high gear, LeBron James’ Springhill Entertainment continues to stay busy building its feature film slate into a dominant pressence. We are hearing Universal Pictures has acquired the rights to New Kid, the 2019 graphic novel by Jerry Craft with Springhill Entertainment on board to develop and produce. New Kid is the first graphic novel to win the coveted Newbery award as well as the Coretta Scott King Award.

Kristin Cavallari shared a cozy snap with ex-boyfriend and former Laguna Beach costar Stephen Colletti on Tuesday, August 4 — and Us Weekly has the exclusive details of their reunion.“2004 or 2020?!” the 33-year-old reality TV personality wrote via Instagram, tagging their location as Laguna Beach, California.