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EXCLUSIVE: Sam Raimi, architect of the Evil Dead franchise, has closed a deal to direct and produce Send Help, a new horror thriller for 20th Century Studios. Not yet officially greenlighted by the studio, according to our sources, the film is described as a two-hander horror thriller set on an…

Three years after announcing its intention to expand into live-action, the renowned Oregon animation studio Laika has acquired Crumble, an original script by Brian Duffield (No One Will Save You), which he’ll direct for the studio as a live-action feature. Crumble tells the tale of a married couple…

After scripting the beloved fashion-world dramedy The Devil Wears Prada, starring Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt, which grossed over $326 million worldwide in its June 2006 debut, Aline Brosh McKenna has been tapped to script a sequel in early development at Disney, sources have confirmed to…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is developing a feature adaptation of A Thousand Boy Kisses, the bestselling novel written by the UK’s Tillie Cole, sources tell Deadline. Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower) will direct from a script by Liz Maccie (Siren), with David Hoberman producing for Hobie…

EXCLUSIVE: CBS is hoping it's third time is a charm for its take on German procedural Einstein. The network is developing a new take on the scripted format from Monk pair Andy Breckman and Randy Zisk. Brilliant but directionless, the great grandson of Albert Einstein spends his days as a…

Laika, the renowned Oregon animation studio founded by Travis Knight, has acquired the internationally bestselling fantasy novel Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, enlisting Knight to direct an animated feature adaptation. The film will be the third Knight directs for the studio, on the heels of 2016’s…

Josh Gad is attached to produce and star in a Spaceballs sequel in early development at Amazon MGM Studios, which Mel Brooks will also produce, Deadline can confirm. Amazon declined to comment. Josh Greenbaum (Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar) will direct from Gad’s script written with Benji…

EXCLUSIVE: Jordan Weiss and Michelle Nader, collaborators on Hulu’s Dollface, have sold a romantic comedy pitch to New Line Cinema, sources tell Deadline. Set against the backdrop of the NFL playoffs, the as-yet-untitled film will watch as two veteran “players” in the game of love, who typically…

EXCLUSIVE: Ted Field’s Radar Pictures has teamed with For Us By Us Studios to develop a scripted series about the iconic Fubu hip hop clothing brand. The Fubu (For Us By Us) series will chronicle the story of the brand where money, power, and hip hop fashion collided to create a $6 billion empire…

EXCLUSIVE: More people are watching women’s sports than ever before, and Bunim/Murray Productions is betting that interest extends beyond the court or field. The production company behind shows like Vanderpump Villa is collaborating with Sue Bird’s media company TOGETHXR to develop an untitled…

EXCLUSIVE: James Rollins’ bestselling Sigma Force techno-thriller novels are getting the small screen treatment. A television adaptation of the book series is in development from Absentia creator Matt Cirulnick, Amazon MGM Studios, Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way Productions, Oakhurst Entertainment and…

EXCLUSIVE: Heyday Television has acquired adaptation rights to Gillian McAllister's novel Just Another Missing Person. After what’s been described as a “highly competitive situation,” British screenwriter Georgia Pritchett (Succession, Veep) will adapt the story for TV. It’s another example of how…