Prentice Penny & Mozhan Marnò Developing Series Adaptation Of Marjan Kamali’s ‘The Stationery Shop’ For HBO

Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, a rock music critic and author whose betrothal to Jim Morrison in an ancient Celtic ceremony was depicted in Oliver Stone’s 1991 biopic The Doors, died July 23. She was 75.

Colson Whitehead’s novel Sag Harbor is getting the small screen treatment.

” “Happy Endings,” “Scrubs” and “Girlfriends.” “When we mapped out our strategy and ideal partners for Onyx Collective, Prentice Penny was at the top of the vision board,” Tara Duncan, president of Freeform and Onyx Collective, said in a statement Monday. “Prentice has a depth of experience telling wildly entertaining, culturally specific stories.

Insecure showrunner Prentice Penny has struck a high-end, multi-year overall deal with Disney General Entertainment’s Onyx Collective.

EXCLUSIVE: MGM TV has optioned Wednesday Martin’s bestselling memoir Primates of Park Avenue to develop as a television series with Emmy-nominated writer Yahlin Chang (The Handmaid’s Tale) set to pen the series adaptation. Former MGM film boss Jonathan Glickman will executive produce via his Glickmania Productions, along with Martin.

Angelique Jackson Peabody and Golden Globe winner Prentice Penny has signed a new eight-figure, multi-year overall deal with Disney General Entertainment’s Onyx Collective.Under the new deal, Penny will produce, write and direct new projects through his A Penny for Your Thoughts Entertainment banner across Disney platforms, including Hulu, which is the primary home for Onyx Collective titles.“I could not be more excited to partner with Onyx Collective for the next phase of my career,” Penny

EXCLUSIVE: Picturestart, the production company set up by former Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-president Erik Feig, is developing a series adaptation of Maggie Shipstead’s novel Great Circle.

EXCLUSIVE: Octavia Butler’s novel Fledgling is getting a television adaptation at HBO.

With the working title of “The United States of America vs. Vince McMahon,” WWE and Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Television are developing a scripted series about Vince McMahon and his federal steroids trial.

Paying it forward. Country singer Luke Combs donated funds to cover the funeral costs of three of his young fans who saw him perform on July 16 in Brooklyn, Michigan.

Fringe alum Anna Torv has joined the cast of HBO’s The Last of Us in a recurring role opposite Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey. The series, based on the widely popular 2014 PlayStation game of the same name, hails from Chernobyl’s Craig Mazin and The Last Of Us creator Neil Druckmann.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAmazon has ordered a series adaptation of the Neil Gaiman novel “Anansi Boys,” Variety has learned.The streamer has given the limited series a six-episode order with plans in place to begin shooting in Scotland later this year. First published in 2005, “Anansi Boys” follows Charlie Nancy, a young man who is used to being embarrassed by his estranged father, Mr.

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max is developing The Final Girl Support Group, a TV series based on Grady Hendrix’s horror novel of the same name. The project hails from Oscar winner Charlize Theron and her Denver & Delilah Films, It duo Barbara and Andy Muschietti’s Double Dream as well as Aperture Entertainment.

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EXCLUSIVE: After officially hanging up his Iron Man suit in Avengers: Endgame, Robert Downey Jr. looks to have found his big follow-up while also marking his first venture into the TV realm. Sources tell Deadline, HBO has ordered the A24 limited series adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer-Prizer winning novel The Sympathizer with Robert Downey Jr. attached to co-star in the series.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have just sold Netflix on a new animated series called “Pearl”, part of the couple’s overall deal via their Archewell Productions.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeArchewell Productions, the Netflix-based shingle launched by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, is getting into the animation business.