ABC has picked up to pilot hourlong romantic comedy The Baker and the Beauty, from The Brave creator Dean Georgaris, David Frankel (Manifest), Keshet Studios, Universal TV where the company is under a deal, and ABC Studios. This is the second time in three years that Georgaris has written two projects that have both…

ABC has given a put pilot commitment to The Baker and the Beauty a one-hour romantic comedy based on the successful Israeli series. The adaptation hails from The Brave creator Dean Georgaris (Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life), David Frankel (Manifest), Keshet Studios and Universal TV where the company is…

EXCLUSIVE: The Devil Wears Prada helmer David Frankel is making a deal to direct Fox 2000’s film adaptation of Jess Walter's 2012 New York Times Best Seller Beautiful Ruins. Sam Mendes brought it to the studio intending to direct, but he stepped out and will produce through Neal Street with Julie Pastor and Karen…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominee Michael Keaton is in negotiations to star in real-life inspirational drama, What Is Life Worth. David Frankel is directing from Max Borenstein’s 2008 Black List script that’s based on Kenneth Feinberg’s acclaimed memoir recounting the inside story of the 9/11 Fund and its effort to compensate…

Two-time Emmy winner David Frankel has been tapped to direct and executive produce Manifest, NBC’s missing plane mystery pilot from The Mysteries of Laura creator Jeff Rake, producer Robert Zemeckis, and Warner Bros. TV. Written/executive produced by Rake, Manifest explores a hypothetical scenario surrounding the…

David Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada, One Chance) is in negotiations to direct Collateral Beauty, the New Line drama starring Will Smith that was in need of a helmer after Alfonso Gomez-Rejon departed in early October due to creative differences with the studio. Production originally was scheduled to begin in…

On the heels of the runaway success of its hip-hop soap Empire, Imagine TV is developing a soapy family drama set in another community with a vibrant music backdrop: the Cuban exiles in Miami. NBC has given a put pilot commitment to an untitled drama from Imagine, How To Make It In America creator Ian Edelman and The D…

The Devil Wears Prada helmer David Frankel is set to direct ABC’s single-camera comedy pilot The King Of 7B from ABC Studios. Also joining the pilot as executive producer and showrunner is Ben Karlin (Modern Family, The Daily Show). Written by Howard Franklin, the ensemble comedy focuses on an agoraphobic recluse who…

Decades after Lassie and Rin Tin Tin, another canine is eyeing a primetime series named after her. In a competitive situation, NBC has landed Marley & Me, a single-camera comedy sequel to the hit 2008 comedy-drama feature starring Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson. Emmy-winning Sex And The City alumna Jenny Bicks will…

The Devil Wears Prada helmer David Frankel has taken over the directing reins of Good Universe’s sci-fi romance Departure. Oscar-nominated Billy Ray penned the script and was previously set to direct the tale of a brilliant FAA investigator who is obsessed with learning how a 727 suddenly vanished into thin air and…

Tom Rothman’s TriStar has pre-emptively acquired What Alice Forgot, the 2011 novel from bestselling author Lianne Moriarty, with Oscar-winning director David Frankel (Devil Wears Prada, Marley and Me, Hope Springs) set to helm. Story tracks a woman who wakes up after a head injury with no memory of the last 15 years…

EXCLUSIVE: 1500 youngsters from all over the globe compete each year in the World Championships of Junior Golf. Eight of the pint-sized competitors (including Allan Kournikova, Anna Kournikova’s 7-year-old brother) are the subjects of The Short Game, a SXSW 2013 documentary world premiere. Emmy-winning director Josh…