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Picturestart Wins Tennis Tale ‘Carrie Soto Is Back’ By ‘Daisy Jones & The Six’ Author Taylor Jenkins Reid
EXCLUSIVE: In a highly competitive situation, Picturestart has acquired the rights to Carrie Soto Is Back, the 2022 novel by Daisy Jones & The Six author Taylor Jenkins Reid.
Carrie Soto is a top tennis player whose determination to win at all costs has left her not winning any popularity contests…
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Picturestart & Picture Perfect Federation Set JC Lee To Direct ‘Bad Genius’; Unveil Key Cast & Int’l Deals
Picturestart and Picture Perfect Federation have set JC Lee to direct the English-language remake of Thai hit Bad Genius and also announced key cast members as well as a raft of international presales.
Lee also takes co-writing credits for the English-language screenplay with Julius Onah, who was…
‘Silicon Valley’ Co-Creators Mike Judge & Alec Berg Team On New Comedy ‘Automated Trucking’ At Picturestart
EXCLUSIVE: Following the success on their hit HBO series Silicon Valley, Mike Judge and Alec Berg have found their next project. Sources tell Deadline that Picturestart is financing and will produce Automated Trucking, a comedy feature based on an original idea from the pair. Judge will direct with Rob…
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Universal Studio Group Acquisitions Exec Neil Krishnan Joins British Podcast Studio Novel To Oversee TV & Film Push
EXCLUSIVE: Growing British podcast studio Novel has made its next big play by signing Universal Studio Group Acquisitions exec Neil Krishnan to oversee a push into TV and film.
As Head of TV and Film, the studio said Krishnan will “bring the creative vision necessary to shepherd the company’s slate…
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Ben Platt, Molly Gordon, Amy Sedaris & More Set For Musical Comedy ‘Theater Camp’ From Picturestart, Topic Studios And Gloria Sanchez Productions
Ben Platt, Molly Gordon, Noah Galvin, Amy Sedaris, Alan S. Kim, Patti Harrison, Owen Thiele, Jimmy Tatro, Ayo Edebiri, Caroline Aaron and Nathan Lee Graham will star in the musical comedy Theater Camp, marking the directorial debut of Gordon and Nick Lieberman.
The film written by Platt, Galvin, Gordon and Lieberman…
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NBA Hall of Famer Chris Webber’s Memoir ‘By God’s Grace’ To Be Developed For TV
EXCLUSIVE: NBA Hall of Famer Chris Webber’s memoir By God’s Grace is being developed into a TV series by Picturestart ahead of the book’s release November 15. The project is currently being shopped to networks and streamers.
The adaptation focuses on Webber’s youth and journey as part of the University of Michigan’s…
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‘Unplanned In Akron’ Comedy From Schuyler Helford & Picturestart Lands CBS Pilot Order
CBS has given a pilot order to Unplanned in Akron, a multi-camera comedy from Schuyler Helford (Call Me Kat), Erik Feig’s Picturestart and CBS Studios.
Written by Helford with Emily R. Wilson (Bucktown, The Conners) supervising, Unplanned In Akron is a series about two teenagers navigating parenthood in the best way…
Teen Parents Comedy ‘Unplanned In Akron’ From Schuyler Helford & Picturestart In Works At CBS
EXCLUSIVE: CBS is developing Unplanned In Akron, a multi-camera comedy from Picturestart and CBS Studios.
Written by actor-writer Schuyler Helford (Call Me Kat) with Emily R. Wilson (Bucktown, The Conners) supervising, Unplanned In Akron is a series about two teenagers navigating parenthood in the best way they know…
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Samie Kim Falvey Joins Picturestart As President
Erik Feig’s Picturestart has appointed longtime TV executive Samie Kim Falvey as President. Falvey joins from Imagine Entertainment where she spent nearly four years as President and, most recently, Chairman of Television.
Reporting to Picturestart founder and CEO Erik Feig, Falvey will shepherd all efforts in…
Maggie Shipstead’s ‘Great Circle’ Novel Set For TV Series Adaptation Via Erik Feig’s Picturestart
EXCLUSIVE: Picturestart, the production company set up by former Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-president Erik Feig, is developing a series adaptation of Maggie Shipstead’s novel Great Circle.
The book, which was published in May and just made the 2021 Booker Prize longlist, covers early 20th century aviation…
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Picturestart Developing TV Series Adaptation Of Jenny Jackson Novel ‘Pineapple Street’
EXCLUSIVE: Picturestart has acquired the rights to Jenny Jackson’s debut novel Pineapple Street to develop as a television series.
Pineapple Street take a deep dive into generation wealth and all its trappings. The Stockton family, an "old money" NYC clan that has enjoyed all the privileges of capitalist success, now…
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Selena Gomez To Star in Petra Collins’ ‘Spiral’ For Picturestart; Drake Exec Producing; Package Being Shopped by Endeavor Content
EXCLUSIVE: In what is sure to be one of the hotter packages on the market, Sources tell Deadline that Picturestart has come aboard to produce the psychological thriller Spiral, with Selena Gomez attached to star and Petra Collins directing. Drake is on board to exec produce with Matthew Budman & Sumaiya Kaveh…
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