Lena Dunham options a YA book; Hulu nabs Ralph Ellison's 1952 National Book Award-winner, 'Invisible Man,' for TV; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week's hot film deals include a TV option for a bestselling Dutch memoir, and a deal for a Wattpad novel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week's book to film deals include a TV deal for the new book by Robert Harris, and a TV deal for a memoir by Tina Brown. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The forthcoming novel by James Patterson and Bill Clinton, as well as Karen McManus' YA bestseller 'One of Us Is Lying,' are among the books that have been optioned this week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books being optioned this week include a Dracula prequel, a novel about Japanese internment camps and a lauded backlist title about an English professor at the University of Missouri. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The forthcoming romantic comedy co-written by 'Rosie Project' author Graeme Simsion and his wife is nabbed for film by Fox Searchlight, while Pascal Pictures picks up the true tale of an Italian teenager who became an unexpected WWII hero. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Among the books just snatched up in Hollywood are a nonfiction title by CNN anchor Jake Tapper, a not-yet-published book about the unheralded female rock stars of Silicon Valley, and a Spiegel & Grau-published novel about a woman who goes missing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Toni Collette's production company nabs a suspense novel; Maggie Stiefvater's Raven Cycle is optioned for a TV show on Syfy; 20th Century Fox buys a thriller by Michelle Richmond; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
What are the books that have just been optioned for TV and film? In this, our first of a new bi-weekly column, deals close for a memoir by Patricia Lockwood and a nonfiction book about a group of men who broke the color barrier in corporate America. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writer to adapt her new novel, called Tennison, for TV in 2016, the 25th anniversary of the hit ITV drama starring Helen MirrenLynda La Plante is writing a prequel to Prime Suspect which she will adapt for TV in 2016, the 25th anniversary of the hit ITV drama.The prequel will be called Tennison,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]