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EXCLUSIVE: Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories and Liza Chasin’s 3dot Productions have optioned the rights to Sarah Vaughan’s upcoming novel Reputation to develop as a television series. This marks Vaughan’s second collaboration with Papandrea and Chasin following the high-profile limited series adaptation of Vaughan’s A…

EXCLUSIVE: HBO may have found their next murder mystery limited series obsession. In a competitive situation, the premium network, partnered with Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories and Endeavor Content, has landed rights to Australian comedian and author Benjamin Stevenson’s new novel Everyone In My Family Has Killed So…

The global pandemic may have brought the world to a standstill, but it didn't stop hitmaker Bruna Papandrea from plowing ahead with her bustling production slate. The Australian-born producer was set to begin shooting Toni Colette starrer Pieces of Her in Vancouver, Nine Perfect Strangers with Nicole Kidman in L.A…

EXCLUSIVE: With 18 parties at the table, Erin French's bestselling memoir Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking A Life From Scratch was acquired by Bruna Papandrea's Made Up Stories and Endeavor Content. They will develop a movie based on the touching life of the chef and entrepreneur whose Freedom, Maine-based…

EXCLUSIVE:  Nicole Kidman's Blossom Films and Bruna Papandrea's Made Up Stories, who are behind the recent award lauded success of the HBO series The Undoing, are partnering again, this time for the feature film adaptation of Gordon Reece’s debut YA novel Mice. Harriet Warner, creator and writer of the Amazon Prime…

EXCLUSIVE:  IFC Films has picked up North American rights to Robert Connolly's atmospheric mystery thriller The Dry, starring Eric Bana. A May 21 theatrical and on-demand release date is planned for the Made Up Stories feature. The pic is the actor’s first Australian film in over a decade. As we told you at the start o…

While the domestic box office was hammered over the holidays, over in Australia, it’s been quite alive. A leading example of this last weekend was Roadshow Films’ Eric Bana thriller The Dry, based on Jane Harper’s bestselling and award-winning debut novel, which has minted $3.5M since its New Year’s Day release. I’m…

EXCLUSIVE: Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories has acquired the rights to bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo's YA novel Clap When You Land to develop as a television series. Published in May by Harper Collins, Clap When You Land is a dual narrative novel, in verse, about two sisters, Camino and Yahira – separated by…

Jennifer Donnelly’s YA novel Poisoned has been acquired by Endeavor Content. Lynette Howell Taylor's 51 Entertainment and Bruna Papandrea's Made Up Stories are producing. Published today by Scholastic Press, the novel is an empowering re-imagining of Snow White. Aided by seven mysterious strangers, Sophie's journey of…

Bruna Papandrea's Made Up Stories and Keith Calder and Jess Wu Calder's Snoot Entertainment have optioned the rights to Christopher Paolini’s To Sleep in a Sea of Stars. Paolini will adapt the book with his sister and collaborator Angela Paolini for the big screen. Both will serve as EPs. Christopher Paolini’s debut…

Marie Lu’s bestselling YA sci-fi novel Warcross is in the works for the small screen. Bruna Papandrea's Made Up Stories and Emmy-winning producer John Cameron have optioned the rights to adapt the novel as a television series. The project hails from Made Up Stories, Cameron and Endeavor Content, where both Made Up…

Nina Dobrev and Made Up Stories have acquired the rights to Greer Macallister's novel Woman 99 to develop as a TV series starring the Vampire Diaries alum. Dobrev also will executive produce alongside Made Up Stories founder Bruna Papandrea. Historical thriller Woman 99 follows a young woman whose quest to free her…