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EXCLUSIVE: Aaron Magnani has optioned screen rights to Walker Percy’s New York Times bestseller The Second Coming, with plans to develop the novel for film. He’s currently in search of a director for the adaptation and will produce via under his Aaron Magnani Productions banner. Peter Arneson adapted the script and…

EXCLUSIVE: Aaron Magnani has optioned Laura Munson’s bestselling novel Willa’s Grove for film, setting screenwriter Sarah Hopkins to adapt it for the screen. The story revolves around four women, each adrift in their own way, who discover the power of sisterhood as they converge in the wilds of Montana to figure out…

EXCLUSIVE: Aaron Magnani has acquired rights to Capital Crimes, the 32-part crime thriller book series originated by President Harry S. Truman's daughter Margaret Truman, with plans to adapt them into a TV series. Magnani will develop and exec produce the series adaptation via his Aaron Magnani Productions. The…

EXCLUSIVE: The Last Word executive producer Aaron Magnani has acquired screen rights to Gearbreakers, the upcoming debut novel from 19-year-old author Zoe Hana Mikuta. The YA book, which combines action, adventure and sci-fi, will be published in spring 2021 by Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan, with a follow-up due the next…

EXCLUSIVE: Producer Aaron Magnani has acquired screen rights to Castle of Water, the 2017 romantic adventure novel from Dane Huckelbridge. Peter Arneson has adapted the screenplay, and the pic will be produced by Magnani via his Aaron Magnani Productions and executive produced by Brendan Deneen. A search for a…

EXCLUSIVE: Anne Heche is in negotiations to join Analeigh Tipton and Mickey Rourke in Stephon Stewart's Vestige a sci-fi thriller that involved artificial intelligence. Stewart both scripted and will direct the project for producer Aaron Magnani. The script is described as Ex Machina meets Black Swan and Whiplash with…