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Walker Scobell's Percy Jackson will get the chance to take on "The Sea of Monsters" just like Logan Lerman before him in the film version. Related Stories News ‘Percy Jackson & The Olym…

EXCLUSIVE: Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things) is developing Nineteen Steps, a feature adaptation of her same-name debut novel for Netflix, sources tell Deadline. Netflix declined comment. But we hear that Brown will produce under her PCMA banner, with an eye to star. Four-time Oscar nominee Anthony…

EXCLUSIVE: New Regency and Maximum Effort are teaming on a feature adaptation of New York Times bestselling novel Eight Perfect Murders, having recently acquired rights to the Peter Swanson novel, attaching Harry Bradbeer to direct. The novel was published by William Morrow, an imprint of…

Several best-selling books have inspired new and returning television series this year as well as box office magnets like It Ends With Us and later in the fall — Wicked. Still novel adaptations more are in the works, like the many romantic comedies of Emily Henry and a few more Colleen Hoover…

Editor's Note: T.J. Newman is the New York Times bestselling author of Falling, and Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421. Both were named Best Books of the Year by Amazon and each is moving forward as a movie at Universal and Warner Bros, respectively. Her new novel Worst Case Scenario is on sale now. Perha…

Vince Vaughn's latest project Bad Monkey, which the star executive produced for Apple TV+ alongside Bill Lawrence (Ted Lasso, Shrinking) will bring comedy to a murder mystery set in Florida. Related Stories <a href="https://deadline.com/category/news/" class="c-span__link a-font-accent-bold-xs u-color-brand-red u-text-transform-uppercase…

Colleen Hoover's popular thriller Verity is in the works for a feature film adaptation with Amazon MGM Studios, and another of her books Regretting You has just been picked up for an indie adaptation with stars already attached. Related Stories …

Aaron Sorkin says he’s often asked whether The West Wing could work today. His answer, for the most part, is yes: his present-day depiction of the White House, like the one he created 25 years ago, would still be idealistic and still feel completely aspirational. But there is one element from his…

Allison Williams (M3GAN) has signed on to star in Regretting You, an indie adaptation of the 2019 novel from It Ends with Us scribe Colleen Hoover, Deadline has confirmed. The news comes amid the theatrical release of Sony’s It Ends With Us adaptation, starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, which…

SPOILER ALERT: For those who haven't read the book, this piece spoils the plot of It Ends With Us. Seven years after his Ted Talk about toxic masculinity, Jane the Virgin star and Five Feet Apart director Justin Baldoni combined directing and acting for the highly anticipated film adaptation of It E…

The first feature-length film adaptation of a Colleen Hoover novel, It Ends with Us, debuted this weekend. The film, adapted to screen by Christy Hall, who also wrote and directed her first feature in this year's Daddio, follows Lily Bloom (Blake Lively), who overcomes a traumatic childhood to start a new…

SPOILER ALERT: This piece contains spoilers for the entirety of It Ends With Us. Christy Hall’s script for Sony’s It Ends With Us, adapted from the novel by Colleen Hoover, changes a few things from Hoover’s story structure, as is expected in a two-hour film versus a 300-plus page book. Edits…