EXCLUSIVE: Dean Israelite has been set by Amblin to write and direct Minotaur, a supernatural thriller set in Johannesburg. Israelite sold the pitch in the room. Jennifer Todd is producing and Aron Coleite will be an executive producer. Israelite and Coleite fleshed out the story. Israelite most recently directed Power…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has given a 10-episode series order to Daybreak, a subversive dark zombie comedy based on Brian Ralph’s graphic novel, from Aron Eli Coleite (Star Trek: Discovery, Heroes) and Brad Peyton and Jeff Fierson’s ASAP Entertainment (Rampage). Co-created by Coleite and Rampage director-producer Peyton…

It’s official: Four months after Hulu opted not to go forward with its Locke & Key pilot, the project — an adaptation of Joe Hill's comic Locke & Key, from Carlton Cuse and IDW Entertainment — has closed a deal for a 10-episode series order at rival Netflix. Talks between Netflix and the Locke & Key producers started…

Drama writer Aron Eli Coleite has signed a multi-year overall deal with Warner Bros. TV. The pact comes on the heels of TNT giving a pilot order to Home, an hourlong project written and executive produced by Coleite for Warner Horizon Television and Warner Bros TV-based Jerry Bruckheimer TV. Under the overall deal…

Home, a family thriller/soap project from writer Aron Eli Coleite and Jerry Bruckheimer TV that Kevin Reilly originally developed at Fox during the 2013-2014 season, has found a new life at TNT, landing a pilot order after lengthy negotiations. In early 2014, Home became one of the poster children for Reilly’s new deve…

EXCLUSIVE: In its first sale this broadcast pitch season, Jerry Bruckheimer Television has set up a drama at Fox with a put pilot commitment. Written by Aron Eli Coleite, Home is a family thriller/soap that delves into the secrets lingering behind the facade of a suburban family. Coleite, Bruckheimer and Jonathan…

She may rise again. The Wonder Woman origin drama Amazon is in active redevelopment at the CW. The project was originally written by Allan Heinberg last season. Despite doing some preliminary casting on the lead while the script was still being written, the network ultimately didn’t give it a pilot order, instead…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has tapped Aron Eli Coleite to adapt When First We Were Gods, a sci-fi pic based on a Rick Yancey short story. The project will mark the feature directing debut of Daniel Askill, a music video and commercials director (Cadillac, Xbox, Sony) whose short film We Have Decided Not To Die has played…

CBS has greenlighted to pilot Trooper, a character-based procedural drama from Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Warner Bros. The project, written by Aron Eli Coleite (NBC's Heroes), centers on a common-sense mother-turned-New York state trooper. Coleite, Bruckheimer and Jonathan Littman are executive producing, with…

EXCLUSIVE: New Regency closed a mid-six figure deal for Hellbent, a thriller pitch that will be written by Aron Eli Coleite. Erwin Stoff and Michael Green will produce and New Regency CEO Brad Weston took it off the table as two other bids mobilized. It’s described as a prison escape movie with supernatural elements. H…

EXCLUSIVE: The spec market has been as dead as disco lately, but Warner Bros just closed the second deal of the night. The studio has acquired The End, a science fiction/drama spec script written by Aron Eli Coleite. The film focuses on three completely different storylines that are interconnected by the fact that the…

Bruckheimer Television has made an early entrance into the TV marketpace, landing one of the first  major commitments this year. The company is back at CBS, the network where it has had most success, with a new character-based procedural drama from writer Aron Eli Coleite (NBC’s Heroes), which has been given a put…