EXCLUSIVE:  Akiva Goldsman has signed on to write and produce the film adaptations of author Marcus Sakey's bestselling Brilliance trilogy. Goldsman will write the adaptations and produce the films with Shane Salerno and The Story Factory. The producers will shop the book series, which has sold two million copies…

EXCLUSIVE: Gormenghast, the sprawling epic created by British author Mervyn Peake, is finally set to get the adaptation it deserves as it's now possible to put the "impossible on screen", according to Neil Gaiman, Toby Whithouse and Akiva Goldsman. In an exclusive interview with Deadline, the trio talk about how they…

Fox has put in development drama 100 Days Without Fear inspired by the life and blog of Michelle Poler, from Oscar-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman and his Weed Road Pictures, and 20th Century Fox TV. Executive produced by Goldsman, 100 Days Without Fear is based on the life and blog of Poler, who embarked on a…

Black Panther and Creed star Michael B. Jordan is in negotiations to star in and produce a film series based on the popular John Clark character from the Tom Clancy novels for Paramount Pictures. The deal is expected to close soon with Akiva Goldsman producing the pic alongside Jordan, Josh Appelbaum, and André Nemec…

EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman has returned to CAA. Goldsman ended a longtime relationship with that agency in 2014, and had moved to WME. There was no acrimony in the move back, but he needed a break back then but remained close friends with CAA chief Richard Lovett. The scribe, who won…

EXCLUSIVE: Amma Asante has been set to direct the upcoming film adaptation of David E. Hoffman's drama thriller The Billion Dollar Spy for Walden Media and Weed Road Pictures. Asante is a British writer-director whose A United Kingdom (starring David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike) won critical kudos both here and abroad. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has bet big on the Extreme Universe of graphic novel characters hatched by Rob Liefeld, whose disruptive Deadpool creation was the blockbuster movie surprise of 2016. Netflix has made a seven-figure rights deal, and Akiva Goldsman will set up and oversee a high-end writers’ room — similar to ones he…

EXCLUSIVE: If you’re a studio not named Disney, you never have enough branded film franchises. They are hard to hatch, but they are the life blood of studios trying to change their station on a global scale. Paramount is sure trying to hatch one with the Ology series of 13 books: the studio has some of the top…

EXCLUSIVE: Just in time for Halloween, Jay Russell has sold an original horror thriller to Paramount Pictures and Akiva Goldsman. In a twist for the director of the beloved family film My Dog Skip and the heroic Ladder 49, Russell now has an an eye to direct the creepy You’re Not Real. The story follows a young school…

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details about tonight's two-hour season premiere of  Star Trek: Discovery on CBS and CBS All Access.  What was old was new tonight on CBS’ Star Trek: Discovery.  For the first time in the history of Starfleet, two women from diverse backgrounds were in command of a Starship. And…

EXCLUSIVE: After spearheading writers rooms on Transformers and Hasbro properties at Paramount Pictures, Akiva Goldsman has relocated his Weed Road banner to the Melrose Avenue lot with a two-year first-look deal. Goldsman will do a number of things for the studio, aimed at creating franchises that include directing a…

Oscar-winning writer Akiva Goldsman is extending his feature relationship with Imagine to television, signing a two-year non-exclusive first-look deal for scripted TV. In addition to the first-look arrangement, Goldsman, via his Weed Road Pictures banner, will serve as non-writing consultant and will supervise select I…