‘The Seventh Function of Language’ Being Adapted as Feature Film (EXCLUSIVE)

Michael Fassbender looks set to replace US megastar Brad Pitt as the main man in a forthcoming adaptation of hit thriller novel The Killer.

As more novels have flown from the shelves to the screen, books such as Bridgerton, The Queen’s Gambit and more have been given literary revivals. Netflix announced Thursday that their recent adaptations of literary works, includingLupin and Firefly Lane,have achieved a rise in print sales withhalf of the top 10 titles featured onThe New York Timesbestsellers list forprint and e-book fiction tied to a series on the streamer.

EXCLUSIVE: In what shapes up as a hot package for the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin, Ryan Gosling has committed to star in The Actor, with Duke Johnson directing a script he wrote with Stephen Cooney, based on Donald E. Westlake’s hard boiled novel Memory.

FX has landed the rights to a New York Times writer's best-selling book. The network is adapting cybersecurity reporter Nicole Perlroth's newly released nonfiction bookThis Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race, which chronicles the history of cyberwarfare and how the U.S.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorInternational distributor Global Screen, part of Will Smith’s Telepool, has sold crime thriller miniseries “Dark Woods” to U.S., Canada, Spain and France, following its stellar ratings success in Germany.Inspired by a true crime, unsolved for almost 30 years, the six-part show centers on a high-ranking police officer’s desperate search for his sister, and the family’s suffering.

The Vancouver Film Critics Circle has named Chloé Zhao's Nomadland as its best international feature of 2020 as the American road movie continued its run as an early award season contender. Zhao also picked up the best director honor, while Frances McDormand earned the best actress trophy for her role in Nomadland.The late Chadwick Boseman was voted best actor for his star turn in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.

Mila Kunis will star in the feature film adaptation Luckiest Girl Alive for Netflix. The bestselling novel from Jessica Knoll centers on Ani FaNelli, a sharp-tongued New Yorker who appears to have it all: a sought-after position at a glossy magazine, a killer wardrobe, and a dream Nantucket wedding on the horizon.

Mila Kunis is taking on an exciting new role!

Mila Kunis will take on the role of Ani FaNelli in its upcoming film adaptation of Jessica Knoll's best-selling 2015 novel of the same name.The film follows Ani, «a woman who must confront a dark truth when asked to participate in a crime doc and reflect on a shocking incident from her past,» Netflix tweeted." centers on Ani FaNelli, a sharp-tongued New Yorker who appears to have it all: a sought-after position at a glossy magazine, a killer wardrobe, and a dream Nantucket wedding on the

Danny Huston has joined the cast of Across the River and Into the Trees, the feature adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's final novel and New York Times bestseller, heading to Berlin's virtual European Film Market with The Exchange. Now in production in Venice, Italy, Huston joins six-time Golden Globe nominee Liev Schreiber, Josh Hutcherson and Italian actresses Matilda De Angelis (The Undoing) and Laura Morante (Cherry on the Cake, The Ball).

Mila Kunis has signed on to topline the Netflix feature adaptation of Luckiest Girl Alive, based on author Jessica Knoll’s 2015 New York Times bestselling novel of the same name.

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Though the COVID pandemic has really thrown a wrench into the plans of film festival organizers for over a year now, there is a bit of a silver lining (as much as there can be for a global health crisis).

EXCLUSIVE: STXtv has optioned the rights to adapt Hafsah Faizal’s We Hunt the Flame, bringing the fantastical lands of the New York Times bestseller to television.

Jimmy Fallon is celebrating 7 years of “The Tonight Show”.

Jimmy Fallon is celebrating 7 years of The 46-year-old late-night talk show host commemorated the milestone moment on Instagram Wednesday, sharing a snap of him and his two daughters, Winnie, 7, and Frances, 6, whom he shares with wife, Nancy Juvonen.In the shot, the trio are crawling on the floor of their home, where Fallon now hosts the show, surrounded by tons of colorful, celebratory balloons.«A lot can happen in 7 years. Thank you for having me in your living rooms and phones.

Conversations with Friends, the adaptation of Normal People author Sally Rooney’s debut novel, has just been released.Newcomer Alison Oliver will be playing the lead role of Frances, alongside Sasha Lane, Joe Alwyn and Jemima Kirke.The story follows Frances, a 21-year-old college student, alongside her ex-girlfriend and now best friend Bobbi, played by Sasha Lane.

The cast of Sally Rooney’s latest adaption, Conversations with Friends, has been announced and we’re already buzzing for it.