Deadline is exclusively reporting that Jeff Benedict has made a deal with Wheelhouse Entertainment to turn his recent biography on controversial golf champion Tiger Woods into a scripted miniseries.
The Hollywood Reporter is exclusively reporting that Nzingha Stewart is set to direct New Line’s Misty Copeland biopic Life In Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina.
Deadline is exclusively reporting that Lethal Weapon star Kessha Sharp has acquired the rights to John Williams’ 2013 biography America’s Mistress: The Life and Times of Eartha Kitt, and she will be developing, producing and starring in the biopic as Eartha Kitt.
Deadline is exclusively reporting that Jake Gyllenhaal is set to star as Leonard Bernstein in BRON Studios feature The American, with Cary Joji Fukunaga directing.
Deadline exclusively reports that Paramount have acquired the film rights for Sonia Purnell’s novel A Woman Of No Importance and have attached Daisy Ridley to star.
Deadline exclusively reports that New Line Cinema have acquired the rights to Life In Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina and have hired Remember The Titans screenwriter Gregory Allen Howard to adapt the biography of Misty Copeland.
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Leonardo DiCaprio pulls out from Steve Jobs biopic, being directed by Danny Boyle.
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