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Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman are no longer proceeding with development of Ghost Ship, a TV series about the 2016 fire that broke out in a former warehouse that had been converted into an artist collective, claiming the lives of 36 people. The project was announced last Tuesday as part of a development slate the…

Showtime is developing A Really Good Day, a dramedy series based on Ayelet Waldman’s book, with Anna Chlumsky, six-time Emmy nominee for Veep, attached to star. The project hails from Waldman, Michael Chabon, Film44 and CBS TV Studios. A Really Good Day falls under an overall deal the husband-and-wife team of Waldman…

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay‘s twenty-year journey to the screen may finally be coming to an end. A limited series adaptation of Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel novel has been set up at Showtime through CBS Television Studios with a big production commitment. It will be written and executive…

EXCLUSIVE: PEN America is set to honor Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, the writing duo behind the forthcoming award season film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood and the creative team behind the Netflix series Unbelievable at its 2019 LitFest Gala, which will take place on November 1 at the Beverly Wilshire…

UPDATED with Waldman statement: Last night's WGA West membership meeting at the Sheraton Universal was a wake-up call for Ayelet Waldman, an opposition candidate in the WGA West board election who says she now no longer feels welcome either in the election or the union. She's determined, however, to stay in the race…

The first of three WGA membership meetings this week to discuss the status of the guild's ongoing standoff with Hollywood's talent agencies drew polarizing reaction. Opposition candidates are accusing the guild’s leaders of electioneering at the Wednesday night gathering, a claim denied by WGA West president David Good…