EXCLUSIVE: Screenwriter and author Jonathan Stokes has been tapped to rewrite Universal's Untitled Genghis Khan Project. The idea for the project was presented by ImageMovers, Seven Bucks Productions and Evan Spiliotopoulos, who wrote an earlier draft of the film. Pic is a contemporary action-adventure story and…

EXCLUSIVE: A bidding battle that had four studios contending ended with New Line and San Andreas producer Beau Flynn acquiring screen rights to The Thrifty Time Traveler’s Guide, a book series being written by Black List screenwriter Jonathan Stokes. Deal was mid-six figures against seven. Stokes pitched studios last…

EXCLUSIVE: London-based Derby Street Films has made a six-figure acquisition of the Jonathan Stokes spec Blood Mountain, a script that made the 2011 Black List. Spec is described as a gritty survival thriller with action elements. Shaun Redick and Ray Mansfield of Movie Package Co. are producing alongside James Gibb…

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros has bought writer Jonathan Stokes’ spec script Murders & Acquisitions for a low six figures. The purchase marks the first acquisition by Warners for producers Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg's KatzSmith Productions, which recently closed an overall deal with the studio. The action…

EXCLUSIVE: After Dark Films has purchased the action script El Gringo by Jonathan W. Stokes. Joel Silver will executive produce the film, which is set to begin production later this year. The plot centers on an American who crosses the border into Mexico with a bullet in his arm and $2.3 million in cash, looking to…