EXCLUSIVE: Marc Butan’s MadRiver Pictures has acquired LA-based film and TV production outfit Adaptive Studios, we can reveal, in a deal which will see MadRiver absorb Adaptive's existing IP library and assets. Adaptive Studios co-founder Marc Joubert will join MadRiver, overseeing Adaptive’s existing library, with…

CollegeHumor, Big Breakfast and Adaptive Studios have teamed on Downbeat, a six-episode mid-form mockumentary digital series that will premiere on CollegeHumor YouTube channels beginning March 24. A new episode will launch each Sunday. Conceived and created by Graham Wallace (Jash, I Want My Phone Back) & Luke…

EXCLUSIVE: Adaptive Studios announced today that they have purchased Zane Grey’s complete literary estate, which includes a massive catalog of intellectual property from one of the most iconic storytellers of the American West. Founded by Perrin Chiles, TJ Barrack, and Marc Joubert, Adaptative Studios now has over 133…

EXCLUSIVE: One of the most compelling stories to come out about women’s rights in the workplace is being developed as a feature film, Silence Breaker: The Sandra Bundy Story, thanks to Adaptive Studios and EnLight Productions. In the 1970s, Bundy fought through the courts to stop sexual harassment after being berated…

Multi-faceted production outfit Adaptive Studios, known for projects like the revived Project Greenlight on HBO and Netflix’s original movie Coin Heist, has raised $16.5 in Series B funding led by minority investors AMC Networks and Atwater Capital. The company, which was founded in 2013 by Perrin Chiles, TJ Barrack…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has acquired Ryan Gattis’ YA novel Air for Adaptive Studios (Coin Heist, Project Greenlight) and Get Lifted Film Co. (La La Land, Southside with You). The feature will be adapted and directed by Elgin James (Little Birds). The story follows a 17 year-old who witnesses the tragic death of his…

The Memory Thief, a live-action/animated feature based on the novel written by Bryce Moore, is being planned at Fox Animation, which acquired the novel for its hybrid initiative. Working to create a slate of family films, Fox Animation’s hybrid strategy was launched last year, and Nate Hopper was hired to spearhead…

Adaptive Studios has closed the book on production of Coin Heist, a script-to-novel-to-screen project billed as The Breakfast Club meets Ocean’s Eleven. The company behind Project Greenlight adapted the pic from the first YA title published until its Adaptive Books banner. The film revolves around a group of students…

Following the revival of HBO’s Project Greenlight, Adaptive Studios has announced Project Greenlight Digital Studios, an expansion of the brand and concept to the digital space made in partnership with Pearl Street Films and Miramax. The new operation aims to make Project Greenlight a 24/7 operation, allowing viewers…

Adaptive Studios has tapped Paramount and Miramax veteran Grady Gamble as Chief Operating and Financial Officer, charged with overseeing day-to-day operations for the studio's corporate offices and finance. Gamble previously worked at Paramount as Executive Director of Strategic Planning and Business Development…

EXCLUSIVE: Adaptive Studios, which recently rebooted HBO's Project Greenlight with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, has signed an overall deal with actress-writer-blogger Amy Main to develop and adapt her viral blog 40 Dates & 40 Nights into a book, with possible expansion into other media. L.A.-based Main started the blog…

EXCLUSIVE: Adaptive Studios, which recently rebooted HBO's Project Greenlight with Matt Damon and Ben…