Exclusive: Following a competitive auction, Lionsgate has optioned the New York Times bestselling novel This Time Tomorrow, with Jason Moore to direct and produce the project. Joining Moore as producers are Todd Lieberman and David Hoberman, who will produce for Mandeville, with Alex Young executive producing. Emma Straub will adapt her own novel for the screen.
“Emma’s novel is tender and funny, life-affirming and poignant, sweet and nostalgic, deep and rich,” said Erin Westerman, Lionsgate’s President of Production. “There’s no relationship more fraught than that between parent and child, and it only gets more so as the years go by. Jason is the perfect director for this project – he can present the big, fascinating ideas and then drill down into the emotional center to change your whole perspective.”
The book centers on Alice, who’s about to turn 40 and caring for her ailing father. When she wakes...
“Emma’s novel is tender and funny, life-affirming and poignant, sweet and nostalgic, deep and rich,” said Erin Westerman, Lionsgate’s President of Production. “There’s no relationship more fraught than that between parent and child, and it only gets more so as the years go by. Jason is the perfect director for this project – he can present the big, fascinating ideas and then drill down into the emotional center to change your whole perspective.”
The book centers on Alice, who’s about to turn 40 and caring for her ailing father. When she wakes...
- 6/21/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
We love these products, and we hope you do too. E! has affiliate relationships, so we may get a small share of the revenue from your purchases. Items are sold by the retailer, not E! We don't know about you, but we feel the need, the need for a beach read. And fortunately for readers, May is stacked with some of the season's most anticipated releases, including new books from Emily Henry, Jasmine Guillory and Emma Straub. Oh, and did we mention we're also receiving the latest from Nancy Thayer, Jennifer Weiner and Holly Black? The literary gods are smiling down on us this month. Whether you are looking for a swoonworthy rom-com or a young adult fantasy adventure, we've got just the addition for...
- 5/4/2022
- E! Online
Madison Wells, Gigi Pritzker’s award-winning, independent entertainment company, has acquired and will develop a feature adaptation of State of Terror, the best-selling novel by former Secretary of State, U.S. Senator and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and New York Times best-selling novelist Louise Penny. This high-stakes thriller of international intrigue follows novice Secretary of State Ellen Adams, who is unexpectedly brought into the administration by a newly-elected President, her political and personal adversary. Events soon erupt that sweep her into a world of global intrigue and diplomacy where the stakes could not be higher and the potential consequences, both personal and global, could not be greater.
Both Clinton and Penny will serve as Executive Producers as well as consultants on the film, whilst HiddenLight Productions will produce. Pritzker and Head of Film and TV Rachel Shane will produce for Madison Wells.
Both Clinton and Penny will serve as Executive Producers as well as consultants on the film, whilst HiddenLight Productions will produce. Pritzker and Head of Film and TV Rachel Shane will produce for Madison Wells.
- 2/17/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Ghetto Film School, in partnership with Madison Wells, is launching the Ghetto Film School Melissa Rucker Fund for young filmmakers.
The fund honors Rucker, the former producer and development executive at Madison Wells who was committed to inclusivity in the industry. Rucker passed away late last year after nurturing the careers and stories of playwrights Minhal Baig and Molly Smith Metzler, directors Haifaa al-Mansour and Tina Mabry, novelist Emma Straub and several others. She’s credited with advocating for new talent, especially creatives from underrepresented backgrounds.
The organizations will hold the first-ever New Voices: The Melissa Rucker Conversations on Thursday to raise money for the Ghetto Film School Melissa Rucker Fellows Fund. Madison Wells’ founder Gigi Pritzker will moderate with writer-artist Ricardo Gamboa, Karen Horne (WarnerMedia) and Rishi Rajani (Hillman Grad Productions) as they discuss ways to support and encourage young filmmakers. Access to the panel is invitation only.
The...
The fund honors Rucker, the former producer and development executive at Madison Wells who was committed to inclusivity in the industry. Rucker passed away late last year after nurturing the careers and stories of playwrights Minhal Baig and Molly Smith Metzler, directors Haifaa al-Mansour and Tina Mabry, novelist Emma Straub and several others. She’s credited with advocating for new talent, especially creatives from underrepresented backgrounds.
The organizations will hold the first-ever New Voices: The Melissa Rucker Conversations on Thursday to raise money for the Ghetto Film School Melissa Rucker Fellows Fund. Madison Wells’ founder Gigi Pritzker will moderate with writer-artist Ricardo Gamboa, Karen Horne (WarnerMedia) and Rishi Rajani (Hillman Grad Productions) as they discuss ways to support and encourage young filmmakers. Access to the panel is invitation only.
The...
- 11/18/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s TV News Roundup, Netflix announced that Jonathan Banks has joined the cast of “F Is for Family,” and HBO announced the premiere date for Yvonne Orji’s upcoming stand-up special.
Casting
Netflix has announced that Jonathan Banks has joined the cast of its animated series “F Is for Family” for the show’s upcoming fourth season. Banks will voice the father of Bill Burr’s Frank Murphy. The announcement was accompanied by a short video offering some glimpses at Banks’ character. Though no premiere date has been announced yet, Netflix has said Season 4 will be coming soon. Watch the clip below.
Dates
HBO has announced that Yvonne Orji’s hour-long stand-up comedy special will premiere on June 6 at 10 p.m. The special, titled “Yvonne Orji: Momma, I Made It!”, will also be available on HBO Now, HBO Go, HBO On Demand and the partners’ other streaming platforms.
Casting
Netflix has announced that Jonathan Banks has joined the cast of its animated series “F Is for Family” for the show’s upcoming fourth season. Banks will voice the father of Bill Burr’s Frank Murphy. The announcement was accompanied by a short video offering some glimpses at Banks’ character. Though no premiere date has been announced yet, Netflix has said Season 4 will be coming soon. Watch the clip below.
Dates
HBO has announced that Yvonne Orji’s hour-long stand-up comedy special will premiere on June 6 at 10 p.m. The special, titled “Yvonne Orji: Momma, I Made It!”, will also be available on HBO Now, HBO Go, HBO On Demand and the partners’ other streaming platforms.
- 5/7/2020
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Deadline has learned that Mwm Studios is in development on a new untitled series based on Emma Straub’s novel All Adults Here from Riverhead Books.
Straub and Girls writer-producer Sarah Heyward are set to co-executive produce and co-write the series.
All Adults Here follows the beautiful messiness of being a family—aging parents, adult siblings, high school boyfriends, middle school mean girls—and all the things that follow us into adulthood, whether we like it or not. Set in a Hudson Valley community populated with a quirky cast of characters spanning three generations, Straub’s novel takes her signature wit upstate, exploring the complexities of small-town life and what it’s like to live as an adult in the same place where you grew up. The novel tackles serious questions around parenting, mortality and regret as well as what it means to be in a family—gloriously flawed,...
Straub and Girls writer-producer Sarah Heyward are set to co-executive produce and co-write the series.
All Adults Here follows the beautiful messiness of being a family—aging parents, adult siblings, high school boyfriends, middle school mean girls—and all the things that follow us into adulthood, whether we like it or not. Set in a Hudson Valley community populated with a quirky cast of characters spanning three generations, Straub’s novel takes her signature wit upstate, exploring the complexities of small-town life and what it’s like to live as an adult in the same place where you grew up. The novel tackles serious questions around parenting, mortality and regret as well as what it means to be in a family—gloriously flawed,...
- 5/7/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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