Universal Lands Michael Lewis Pandemic Book ‘The Premonition;’ Lord & Miller Will Direct And Produce With Amy Pascal

LOS ANGELES -- The 19-year-old daughter of “Moneyball” writer Michael Lewis and former MTV correspondent Tabitha Soren died in a Northern California highway crash.Dixie Lewis was a passenger in a car driven by her friend and former Berkeley High School classmate, Ross Schultz, 20, who also died in the Tuesday afternoon accident, according to her family and authorities.“We loved her so much and are in a kind of pain none of us has experienced,” Michael Lewis said in a statement to Berkeleyside, a

Abby Miller (Home Before Dark) will star in Jess Plus None, the directorial debut feature from writer and director Mandy Fabian. The film centers on Jess (Miller) who goes to her best friend’s wedding in the middle of nowhere, where she will be confronted by her ex, her happily coupled friends from college, and the insecure monster she becomes when she is off the grid.

Iraqi city of Mosul, underlining the role of architecture in helping heal wounds.The exhibit, “Revive the Spirit of Mosul,” is being on the sidelines of the 17th International Architecture Exhibition, which opened Saturday after a one-year pandemic delay under the title: “How will we live together?”The Venice Biennale’s central question resonates in particular in Iraq, which is experiencing turbulent change, and the old city of Mosul, where 80% of the city’s monuments were destroyed by

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The Huntington Beach City Council, earlier this month, approved flying the rainbow colored flag at City Hall and recognizing June as Pride Month. Photo: City of Huntington Beach

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Legendary has closed a deal for Regina King to direct and produce the feature film adaptation of “Bitter Root,” the acclaimed Image Comics series created by David F. Walker & Sanford Greene and indie veteran Chuck Brown, the studio announced on Tuesday.King will also produce with Reina King via their Royal Ties banner, alongside Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler, and Sev Ohanian of Proximity Media.

In a relatively short time since they made their directorial debut on the animated kids’ film “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” in 2009, Phil Lord and Chris Miller have established themselves as two of the most original and risky filmmakers on the planet. Having hit it big with kids films, including “The LEGO Movie,” the duo then went to reboot “21 Jump Street” as a comedy, which was a massive hit and then took that and turned it into a gig on a “Star Wars” film.

Lewis, who has written several books that have been turned into hit films like “The Big Short” and “Moneyball,” has just published “The Premonition,” which tells the story of three people — a biochemist, a public health worker and a federal government employee — that tried to warn about the impending COVID-19 pandemic in 2019, only to have their concerns fall on deaf ears in the Trump Administration.

Phil Lord and Chris Miller are set to direct the film adaptation of “The Premonition: A Pandemic Story.”Universal Pictures has optioned screen rights to the new book by Michael Lewis, about the early days of COVID-19 and those U.S. heroes who tried to warn against the dangers of underestimating the deadly seriousness of the killer virus.

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Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.AUTOMOTIVE enthusiasts are in for a real treat thanks to a new book by Scots author Lewis Mitchell.A Walk Around The Halls provides a unique look back at the motor shows of yesteryear using photos taken by amateur visitors.As well as showing off some stunning machinery, the images capture the buzz and glamour of the shows – and fashions and trends of the day.It provides a fascinating insight into shows