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EXCLUSIVE: Booksmart, the directorial-debut film from Olivia Wilde, revolves around two female academic achievers, Amy and Molly –played by Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein, respectively — who on their last night before high school graduation realize their best days as teenagers have passed them by. After learning…

After playing determined free spirits who refuse to be boxed in, like Quorra in Tron: Legacy, Devon Finestra in HBO's Vinyl, and ambitious Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Kathy Scruggs in this season's Richard Jewell, Olivia Wilde expanded her résumé, which already included producing Meadowland and A Vigilante…

EXCLUSIVE: One of the widest-ranging film spec script auctions in years has ended with New Line winning the deal to finance and distribute Don’t Worry Darling, the genre script that Olivia Wilde will direct and star in. Deadline revealed the auction last week, and it swelled to 18 bidders that included Netflix and…

UPDATE: I’m told that the number of bidders has grown from 15 to 18 for Don’t Worry Darling, the genre script that Olivia Wilde will direct and star in. Deadline revealed the film this morning. I didn’t recall a movie script auction with that many outlets who could write a check to cover an 8-figure budget around…

EXCLUSIVE: After a heated bidding battle that drew bids from six studios, Universal Pictures has prevailed to acquire an untitled holiday comedy pitch based on an original idea by Olivia Wilde and Katie Silberman, the team behind the critically lauded Booksmart. Wilde is attached to direct, and Silberman, who co-wrote…