Casting Vet Tess Sanchez Pivots to Writer With Collection of Personal Essays
Tess Sanchez has found her next act. The former Fox casting exec is set to publish a book of essays, which she’s titled We’re Going In A Different Direction. The collection has her recasting herself, in this case from “working mom-boss” to “her actor-husband’s plus-one,” according to the publisher. Sanchez, who’s married to New Girl […]
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Next Gen 2023: The Hollywood Reporter’s 35 Rising Executives 35 and Under
In 1993, Jurassic Park (the first one) was the No. 1 movie at the box office, The X-Files went to air and THR debuted its first list of the top 35 Hollywood execs 35 and under. In the 30 years that followed, Next Gen alums have created cinematic universes (Kevin Feige was selected in 2003) […]
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Trevor Noah Sort of, Kind of Misses ‘The Daily Show’
Trevor Noah’s seat at The Daily Show remains vacant, but the former host has moved on. Beginning today, the erudite comedian will release a weekly Spotify podcast, which he’s titled What Now? With Trevor Noah. As he explains it, he’ll sit down with thought leaders of all kinds — actors, athletes, scientists, politicians and CEOs […]
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Trevor Noah’s First Podcast Guest Is …
Trevor Noah’s first podcast guest is … Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. What Now? with Trevor Noah is the latest entry in the comedian’s dizzying portfolio, and he’s been keeping his guest roster under wraps until the weekly pod began rolling out. For those who’ll see The Rock listed and assume What Now? is poised to […]
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Imagine TV Wins Fierce Bidding War for Red-State Alien Drama (Exclusive)
Ron Howard will confront a three-mile-tall alien in Imagine TV’s latest foray. The company, founded by Howard and Brian Grazer, has landed the rights to Van Jensen’s forthcoming novel, Godfall. The author’s debut novel was the subject of a bidding war that featured north of 10 other potential buyers vying for the rights to what […]
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‘The Bear’ Creator Sets Up Next Project at FX (Exclusive)
The Bear creator Christopher Storer has lined up his next show for FX. Storer and the John Landgraf-led network have landed rights to Sarah Harman’s upcoming book All the Other Mothers Hate Me following a massive bidding war. In fact, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that more than a dozen companies were vying for the […]
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A24, David E. Kelley to Adapt Red-Hot Book Where OnlyFans Meets Wrestling (Exclusive)
A24 is at it again. The studio has outbid fierce competition for the rights to adapt Rufi Thorpe’s upcoming book Margo’s Got Money Troubles, with David E. Kelley in talks to co-write the TV adaptation. Nicole Kidman as well as Elle and Dakota Fanning’s production companies are also attached to executive produce the potential series, […]
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Why Hollywood Is in the Throes of an IP Frenzy
In mid-May, with the writers strike still in its infancy, UTA partner and media rights co-head Jason Richman found himself trying to gauge the industry’s appetite for dealmaking. A few years earlier, indie studio A24 had scooped up the rights to his client David Gauvey Herbert’s 2021 Esquire article, “Daddy Ball,” but the option had […]
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Amazon Wins Bidding War for Juicy Vanity Fair Story
Amazon has emerged the victor in another massive bidding war. Following a competitive process, the Jennifer Salke-led streamer’s MGM Studios has won the rights to adapt the Vanity Fair story, “True Crime, True Faith: The Serial Killer and the Texas Mom Who Stopped Him,” which ran in the magazine’s September issue. The Julie Miller-penned piece […]
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Hulu and Liz Tigelaar Are Adapting Another Buzzy Best-Seller (Exclusive)
Liz Tigelaar is readying her next Hulu series. The showrunner of Little Fires Everywhere and Tiny Beautiful Things is developing a limited series based on Lucy Foley’s best-seller, The Guest List, which Hulu won the rights to in what proved another wild bidding war. The news comes as the broader IP market has only grown […]
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Glossier to Get the Amazon TV Treatment
Glossier is poised to get the TV treatment. Amazon MGM Studios proved triumphant in what was the industry’s latest IP bidding war, this one for the rights to adapt Glossy, about the millennium beauty brand and its female founder Emily Weiss. The book, from journalist and author Marisa Meltzer, became an instant New York Times […]
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A24 Wins Yet Another Wild Bidding War (Exclusive)
A24 has won yet another major bidding war. This time, the indie studio outbid stiff competition for the rights to turn true-crime podcast The Girlfriends, from iHeartPodcasts and Novel, into a television series. The weekly podcast, which launched in the summer, tells the real-life story of a group of women who band together to put […]
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