Scott Derrickson Boards Hot TV Project Grace From Joseph Sousa, Paramount TV Studios to Produce (EXCLUSIVE)
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Variety has learned exclusively.
According to sources, the project generated interest from around a dozen major studios and production companies when it was taken to market. The story focuses on a man on death row for killing his wife who is set free when she resurfaces. But she may not really be who she says she is.
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No network or streaming service is currently attached. Sousa is executive producing in addition to writing. Derrickson will executive produce alongside C. Robert Cargill and Sherryl Clark under their Crooked Highway banner. Sources say that Derrickson could also potentially direct the pilot if the show goes to series.
Mandalorian Actor Simon Kassianides Sells The Weatherman Movie Script to U.K.-Based Raw
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“The Mandalorian” star Simon Kassianides is set to make his feature screenwriting debut.
The actor, who plays Axe Woves on the hit Disney Plus Star Wars series, has sold the psychological thriller “The Weatherman” to U.K.-based production house Raw.
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The film is said to be female-led and in the vein of Christopher Nolan’s “Memento,” with elements of the Stephen King classic “Misery.” Raw’s notable credits include the heist drama “American Animals” and the documentary hit “Three Identical Strangers.” The company has just wrapped “Invasion,” a sci-fi project starring Riz Ahmed and Octavia Spencer.
HBO s Vanishing Half Taps Aziza Barnes, Jeremy O. Harris as Writers
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The duo will also executive produce alongside Issa Rae and Stephanie Allain.
HBO has found the writers for its potential series based on Brit Bennett s novel
The Vanishing Half.
Aziza Barnes and Jeremy O. Harris will adapt the best seller and serve as executive producers of the project. They ll also serve as executive producers;
Insecure star and co-creator Issa Rae and Oscars producer Stephanie Allain are also EPs.
The Vanishing Half, which became an instant best seller upon its publication in June 2020, centers on identical twin sisters who run away from their small, southern Black community at age 16. As adults, it’s not just the shape of their daily lives that is different, it’s everything: their families, their communities, the essence of who they are. Ten years later, they are living completely separate lives, far from the close-knit sisters they o
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Mark Rylance, Dylan O’Brien, Zoey Deutch to Star in Crime Drama ‘The Outfit’ at Focus Features
“The Imitation Game” writer Graham Moore will make his directorial debut on the filmBrian Welk | February 23, 2021 @ 11:59 AM Last Updated: February 24, 2021 @ 12:24 PM
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Focus Features has acquired the worldwide rights to “The Outfit,” a crime film that will star Mark Rylance, Dylan O’Brien, Zoey Deutch and Johnny Flynn.
Graham Moore, who wrote the Oscar-nominated film “The Imitation Game,” will make his directorial debut on the drama based on a screenplay he co-wrote with Johnathan McClain (“Mad Men”). Production is expected to begin next month in London.
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