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EXCLUSIVE: In competitive bidding, Warner Bros. acquired Meebo and Me, an original comedic family adventure spec by Free Guy scribe Matt Lieberman. Pic will be produced by Kenya Barris, through his Khalabo Ink Society, along with Lieberman and Adam Kolbrenner's Lit Entertainment Group. The project marks the second big…

EXCLUSIVE: In the second 7-figure deal for Paramount Pictures this week, the studio preemptively acquired Yumanzu, a pitch by Free Guy screenwriter Matt Lieberman. He will write the script and producing will be Kenya Barris and his Khalabo Ink Society will produce with Adam Kolbrenner (Free Guy) through his Lit…

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has inked screenwriter Matt Lieberman. Lieberman has been on a hot streak: Between November 2018 and this month, he’s had seven screenplays produced by major studios. This includes MGM’s animated feature from 2019, The Addams Family which made over $203M WW and netted a profit per Deadline sources of $76…

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros has set up a movie built around Rin Tin Tin, the venerable German Shepherd that once was credited with saving the studio from bankruptcy in the 1920s, and appeared as the hero in 27 films. Hired to write is Matt Lieberman, who most recently scripted another dog tale for Warner Bros in the…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has picked up spec script Meet the MacHines, written by Matt Lieberman, the screenwriter behind the Netflix, Kurt Russell-starring holiday film, The Christmas Chronicles. Temple Hill producers Marty Bowen and Isaac Klausner are on board to produce the project Meet the MacHines follows Jack and…