Exclusive: Sony’s 3000 Pictures has acquired Delia Ephron’s New York Times best-selling memoir Left On Tenth. Ephron will adapt, with Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and Laurence Mark producing the feature. Daryl Roth is executive producing. Ephron will simultaneously write and develop the memoir as a play for Roth to produce and Susan Stroman to direct, marking the first time both a feature and play adaptation will be developed at the same time
The memoir has Ephron at the center as she struggles through several years of heartbreak. She’d lost her sister, Nora, and then her husband, Jerry, both to cancer. She channeled her grief the best way she knew: by writing a New York Times op-ed. The piece caught the attention of Peter, a Bay Area psychiatrist, who emailed her to commiserate and reminded her that they had shared a few dates fifty-four years before. After several...
The memoir has Ephron at the center as she struggles through several years of heartbreak. She’d lost her sister, Nora, and then her husband, Jerry, both to cancer. She channeled her grief the best way she knew: by writing a New York Times op-ed. The piece caught the attention of Peter, a Bay Area psychiatrist, who emailed her to commiserate and reminded her that they had shared a few dates fifty-four years before. After several...
- 4/28/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum and Elizabeth Gabler are looking to reunite as Deadline is hearing Rosenbaum is coming on to direct an adaptation of of Jessica Anya Blau’s bestselling coming-of-age novel Mary Jane for Sony and Gabler’s 3000 Pictures. Rosenbaum and Gabler along with Erin Siminoff, who is also at 3000 Pictures, worked together on Aquamarine and Ramona and Beezus for Fox 2000. Blau will adapt the script.
The novel tells a coming-of-age story of an innocent teenager from a very conservative 1970’s Baltimore family, Mary Jane gets a summer job babysitting, only to find out that her employer is a progressive psychologist who’s secretly treating a rock star and his superstar wife for rehab at his home. As Mary Jane is welcomed into this eccentric household, and as she observes the two mega-stars’ tumultuous, but intensely passionate relationship, she becomes caught between the traditional lifestyle she’s always known,...
The novel tells a coming-of-age story of an innocent teenager from a very conservative 1970’s Baltimore family, Mary Jane gets a summer job babysitting, only to find out that her employer is a progressive psychologist who’s secretly treating a rock star and his superstar wife for rehab at his home. As Mary Jane is welcomed into this eccentric household, and as she observes the two mega-stars’ tumultuous, but intensely passionate relationship, she becomes caught between the traditional lifestyle she’s always known,...
- 2/2/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Best-selling author Emily Henry’s book “People We Meet on Vacation” movie adaptation has recruited Brett Haley as its director and Yulin Kuang to adapt the screenplay, TheWrap has learned.
Haley was previously best known for writing and directing “Hearts Beat Loud,” starring Nick Offerman, Kiersey Clemons, Ted Danson, Sasha Lane, Blythe Danner, and Toni Collette. His other credits include “The Hero,” which premiered at Sundance in competition in 2017, “All The Bright Places” starring Elle Fanning, and “All Together Now,” which was also recently released on Netflix. Haley has also directed an episode for the Hulu limited series Looking For Alaska, based on the award-winning novel of the same name.
Deadline first reported the news.
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Haley was previously best known for writing and directing “Hearts Beat Loud,” starring Nick Offerman, Kiersey Clemons, Ted Danson, Sasha Lane, Blythe Danner, and Toni Collette. His other credits include “The Hero,” which premiered at Sundance in competition in 2017, “All The Bright Places” starring Elle Fanning, and “All Together Now,” which was also recently released on Netflix. Haley has also directed an episode for the Hulu limited series Looking For Alaska, based on the award-winning novel of the same name.
Deadline first reported the news.
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- 10/12/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Brett Haley is on board to direct 3000 Pictures’ adaptation of People We Meet on Vacation, which is based on Emily Henry’s New York Times bestseller. Yulin Kuang is adapting the screenplay, with Temple Hill’s Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey and Isaac Klausner producing. Laura Quicksilver is overseeing the project for Temple Hill, with Erin Siminoff and Sophie Kaplan overseeing for the studio.
The story follows Alex and Poppy, who have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. For most of the year they live far apart—she’s in New York City, and he’s in their small hometown—but every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together.
The story follows Alex and Poppy, who have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. For most of the year they live far apart—she’s in New York City, and he’s in their small hometown—but every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together.
- 10/11/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In a competitive situation, Sony’s 3000 Pictures has closed a deal for Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks’ New York Times bestseller Horse. Based on the true story of the record-breaking racehorse Lexington and his enslaved groom, the novel tells the sweeping story that unfolds against the backdrop of modern-day race relations in America as an interracial couple embarks on a quest to uncover the mysteries of Lexington’s story.
Drew Reed, Sony’s head of Literary in New York, brought the novel into the studio and was instrumental in the deal. Elizabeth Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for the studio. Published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House, Horse became an instant bestseller when it was released on June 14.
Australia-born Brooks worked as a reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Wall Street Journal, where she covered crises in the Mideast,...
Drew Reed, Sony’s head of Literary in New York, brought the novel into the studio and was instrumental in the deal. Elizabeth Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for the studio. Published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House, Horse became an instant bestseller when it was released on June 14.
Australia-born Brooks worked as a reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Wall Street Journal, where she covered crises in the Mideast,...
- 9/14/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Garret Dillahunt (Fear the Walking Dead), Michael Hyatt (Snowfall), Ahna O’Reilly (The Morning Show), Sterling Macer Jr. (Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story), and newcomer Jojo Regina have been added to the cast of Where The Crawdads Sing, the film adaptation based on Delia Owens’ Nyt best-selling novel from 3000 Pictures, Hello Sunshine, and Sony. Olivia Newman is attached to direct the pic from a screenplay written by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Lucy Alibar.
Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing for Hello Sunshine with Elizabeth Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures.
Set against the backdrop of the mid-20th century South, the story centers on a young woman named Kya who, abandoned by her family, raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight, instantly branded by the...
Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing for Hello Sunshine with Elizabeth Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures.
Set against the backdrop of the mid-20th century South, the story centers on a young woman named Kya who, abandoned by her family, raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight, instantly branded by the...
- 4/14/2021
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Elizabeth Gabler’s 3000 Pictures is getting its summer reading in order.
The Sony-housed label has optioned the rights to Summer of ’69 by New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand for a limited series.
Summer of ’69 is set in Nantucket during the tumultuous summer of 1969, and follows the lives of multiple generations of the Levin family, as their lives intersect with the historical events of the time, including the Vietnam War and the space race.
Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Nikki Cooper are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures.
The famed “breach reads” author, repped by UTA, Inkwell Management, and Kleinberg Lange, has been on a ...
The Sony-housed label has optioned the rights to Summer of ’69 by New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand for a limited series.
Summer of ’69 is set in Nantucket during the tumultuous summer of 1969, and follows the lives of multiple generations of the Levin family, as their lives intersect with the historical events of the time, including the Vietnam War and the space race.
Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Nikki Cooper are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures.
The famed “breach reads” author, repped by UTA, Inkwell Management, and Kleinberg Lange, has been on a ...
Elizabeth Gabler’s 3000 Pictures is getting its summer reading in order.
The Sony-housed label has optioned the rights to Summer of ’69 by New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand for a limited series.
Summer of ’69 is set in Nantucket during the tumultuous summer of 1969, and follows the lives of multiple generations of the Levin family, as their lives intersect with the historical events of the time, including the Vietnam War and the space race.
Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Nikki Cooper are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures.
The famed “breach reads” author, repped by UTA, Inkwell Management, and Kleinberg Lange, has been on a ...
The Sony-housed label has optioned the rights to Summer of ’69 by New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand for a limited series.
Summer of ’69 is set in Nantucket during the tumultuous summer of 1969, and follows the lives of multiple generations of the Levin family, as their lives intersect with the historical events of the time, including the Vietnam War and the space race.
Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Nikki Cooper are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures.
The famed “breach reads” author, repped by UTA, Inkwell Management, and Kleinberg Lange, has been on a ...
Jayson Warner Smith, who played Gavin on “The Walking Dead,” has joined the film adaptation of Delia Owens’ bestselling novel “Where the Crawdads Sing,” TheWrap has learned exclusively.
Smith joins a cast that already includes Daisy Edgar-Jones, Harris Dickinson and Taylor John Smith. He’ll play Deputy Joe Purdue in the film, who suspects Edgar-Jones’ character of murder and leads an investigation into her boyfriend’s death.
Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine and Elizabeth Gabler’s 3000 Pictures are producing “Where the Crawdads Sing,” which is set at Sony.
Set against the backdrop of the mid-20th century South, “Where the Crawdads Sing” centers on a young woman named Kya who, abandoned by her family, raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight, instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement...
Smith joins a cast that already includes Daisy Edgar-Jones, Harris Dickinson and Taylor John Smith. He’ll play Deputy Joe Purdue in the film, who suspects Edgar-Jones’ character of murder and leads an investigation into her boyfriend’s death.
Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine and Elizabeth Gabler’s 3000 Pictures are producing “Where the Crawdads Sing,” which is set at Sony.
Set against the backdrop of the mid-20th century South, “Where the Crawdads Sing” centers on a young woman named Kya who, abandoned by her family, raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight, instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement...
- 3/30/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Oscar nominated actor David Strathairn will join Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith and Harris Dickinson in 3000 Pictures and Hello Sunshine’s film adaptation of Where The Crawdads Sing, based on Delia Owens’ best-selling novel. Set up at Sony, the film is being directed by Olivia Newman from a screenplay written by Oscar-nominated scribe Lucy Alibar.
The story takes place in Mid-20th Century South and centers on Kya, a young woman who is abandoned by her family and has to raise herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight, instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.
Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing for Hello Sunshine with Elizabeth Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures.
Selling nearly 8.5 million copies worldwide,...
The story takes place in Mid-20th Century South and centers on Kya, a young woman who is abandoned by her family and has to raise herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight, instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.
Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing for Hello Sunshine with Elizabeth Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures.
Selling nearly 8.5 million copies worldwide,...
- 3/17/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Taylor John Smith and Harris Dickinson are set to join Daisy Edgar-Jones in 3000 Pictures and Hello Sunshine’s film adaptation of publishing phenomenon Where The Crawdads Sing, based on Delia Owens’ best-selling novel. Set up at Sony, the film is being directed by Olivia Newman from a screenplay written by Oscar-nominated scribe Lucy Alibar.
Like Edgar-Jones, Smith and Dickinson were among a slew of talent vying for the male leads in the film, in what turned in to two of the more coveted roles among young rising stars.
The story takes place in the mid-20th century South and centers on Kya, a young woman who is abandoned by her family and has to raise herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight, instantly branded by the local townspeople and law...
Like Edgar-Jones, Smith and Dickinson were among a slew of talent vying for the male leads in the film, in what turned in to two of the more coveted roles among young rising stars.
The story takes place in the mid-20th century South and centers on Kya, a young woman who is abandoned by her family and has to raise herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight, instantly branded by the local townspeople and law...
- 1/25/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Daisy Edgar-Jones landed the starring role of Kya in the 3000 Pictures and Hello Sunshine film adaptation of Delia Owens’ New York Times bestselling novel, Where the Crawdads Sing. Set up at Sony, the film is being directed by Olivia Newman from a screenplay written by Oscar-nominated scribe Lucy Alibar.
The story takes place in the mid-20th century South and centers on Kya, a young woman who is abandoned by her family and has to raise herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight, instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.
Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing for Hello Sunshine with Elizabeth Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures.
Edgar-Jones is one of the stars of the...
The story takes place in the mid-20th century South and centers on Kya, a young woman who is abandoned by her family and has to raise herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight, instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.
Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing for Hello Sunshine with Elizabeth Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures.
Edgar-Jones is one of the stars of the...
- 10/21/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
“Normal People” star Daisy Edgar-Jones has boarded the drama “Where the Crawdads Sing” with Reese Witherspoon producing through her Hello Sunshine banner.
The project is based on Delia Owens’ debut novel, which has sold nearly 8.5 million copies worldwide. The story is set against the backdrop of the mid-20th century South and centers on a young woman named Kya, who is abandoned by her family and raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight, instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.
The script is written by Academy Award-nominated writer Lucy Alibar with Olivia Newman directing. Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing for Hello Sunshine. Elizabeth Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures. Alibar received a Humantitas Prize and...
The project is based on Delia Owens’ debut novel, which has sold nearly 8.5 million copies worldwide. The story is set against the backdrop of the mid-20th century South and centers on a young woman named Kya, who is abandoned by her family and raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. However, when her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is thrust into the spotlight, instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.
The script is written by Academy Award-nominated writer Lucy Alibar with Olivia Newman directing. Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing for Hello Sunshine. Elizabeth Gabler, Erin Siminoff and Aislinn Dunster are overseeing the project for 3000 Pictures. Alibar received a Humantitas Prize and...
- 10/21/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: James Ponsoldt is in negotiations to direct 3000 Pictures’ Nothing to See Here, based on Kevin Wilson’s New York Times bestselling novel. Ponsoldt will reteam with Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, who are adapting the novel and previously collaborated with Ponsoldt on The Spectacular Now. They are producing, and the author is exec producer.
Published in October 2019 by the HarperCollins imprint Ecco, the novel was a bestseller and the paperback went on sale this week. It’s a humorous, emotional story of class, family, love and friendship centered on the relationship between Lillian and Madison, two former boarding school friends from completely different backgrounds. A decade after Lillian’s sudden and controversial expulsion from school, Madison is married to a prominent senator and Lillian still lives at home with her mother. So the last thing Lilian expects is a job offer from her old friend. The job: taking care of Madison’s step-children.
Published in October 2019 by the HarperCollins imprint Ecco, the novel was a bestseller and the paperback went on sale this week. It’s a humorous, emotional story of class, family, love and friendship centered on the relationship between Lillian and Madison, two former boarding school friends from completely different backgrounds. A decade after Lillian’s sudden and controversial expulsion from school, Madison is married to a prominent senator and Lillian still lives at home with her mother. So the last thing Lilian expects is a job offer from her old friend. The job: taking care of Madison’s step-children.
- 9/3/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, four film festivals have opted to pull the plug, the horror film “Infection” finds a home, Heidi Honeycutt gets hired and “Where the Crawdads Sing” gets a writer.
Cancellations
A quartet of mid-size film festivals announced Wednesday that they are calling off their events due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.
The Beverly Hills Film Festival, the Cleveland Film Festival, the Full Frame Festival at Duke University and the New York Children’s Film Festival all decided to scrub their events.
The Beverly Hills event, which was scheduled to occur on April 1-5, was postponed until further notice. “Due to the fact that the Beverly Hills Film Festival will bring together thousands of attendees locally and globally, it is our ethical and moral responsibility to not participate in the possible outbreak of Covid-19,” organizers said in a statement.
The Cleveland Film Festival said it...
Cancellations
A quartet of mid-size film festivals announced Wednesday that they are calling off their events due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.
The Beverly Hills Film Festival, the Cleveland Film Festival, the Full Frame Festival at Duke University and the New York Children’s Film Festival all decided to scrub their events.
The Beverly Hills event, which was scheduled to occur on April 1-5, was postponed until further notice. “Due to the fact that the Beverly Hills Film Festival will bring together thousands of attendees locally and globally, it is our ethical and moral responsibility to not participate in the possible outbreak of Covid-19,” organizers said in a statement.
The Cleveland Film Festival said it...
- 3/12/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Lucy Alibar (“Beasts of the Southern Wild”) will pen the screenplay for the film adaptation of Delia Owens’ bestselling novel “Where the Crawdads Sing,” an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing for their banner Hello Sunshine. Elizabeth Gabler and Erin Siminoff will oversee for Gabler’s newly launched 3000 Pictures under the Sony label.
Witherspoon endorsed the novel, which has been on the bestseller list for 75 weeks with 4.5 million copies, on her Reese’s Book List in September 2018, which helped drive sales.
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Alibar was Oscar nominated for co-writing “Beasts of the Southern Wild” with director Ben Zeitlin. She most recently adapted her original play “Christmas and Jubilee Behold the Meteor Shower” for film. The title, “Troop Zero,” stars Viola Davis, Jim Gaffigan, Allison Janney and Mckenna Grace, premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing for their banner Hello Sunshine. Elizabeth Gabler and Erin Siminoff will oversee for Gabler’s newly launched 3000 Pictures under the Sony label.
Witherspoon endorsed the novel, which has been on the bestseller list for 75 weeks with 4.5 million copies, on her Reese’s Book List in September 2018, which helped drive sales.
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Alibar was Oscar nominated for co-writing “Beasts of the Southern Wild” with director Ben Zeitlin. She most recently adapted her original play “Christmas and Jubilee Behold the Meteor Shower” for film. The title, “Troop Zero,” stars Viola Davis, Jim Gaffigan, Allison Janney and Mckenna Grace, premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
- 3/11/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Oscar-nominated Beasts of the Southern Wild scribe Lucy Alibar has been set to adapt the 3000 Pictures/Hello Sunshine film adaptation of Delia Owens’ New York Times bestselling novel Where the Crawdads Sing.
Published by the Penguin Random House imprint G.P. Putnam’s Sons in August 2018., the novel has been a publishing juggernaut, on the bestseller list for 75 weeks with 4.5 million copies sold. Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter will produce for Hello Sunshine. Witherspoon’s endorsement of the Owens’ first novel on her Reese’s Book Club in September 2018 helped put sales of the book into overdrive.
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Gabler and Erin Siminoff...
Published by the Penguin Random House imprint G.P. Putnam’s Sons in August 2018., the novel has been a publishing juggernaut, on the bestseller list for 75 weeks with 4.5 million copies sold. Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter will produce for Hello Sunshine. Witherspoon’s endorsement of the Owens’ first novel on her Reese’s Book Club in September 2018 helped put sales of the book into overdrive.
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- 3/11/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In what marks her first major acquisition since leaving Fox 2000 and forming the Sony-based production label 3000 Pictures to make book-friendly films, Elizabeth Gabler won an auction for screen rights to Nothing to See Here, the just published Kevin Wilson novel from Ecco/HarperCollins. Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber are attached to write the script and produce the film. That duo adapted The Fault In Our Stars and Paper Towns for Gabler at Fox 2000. Their other credits include (500) Days of Summer, The Spectacular Now, and The Disaster Artist.
Sources said that at least four bidders chased the deal in an auction that played out over the weekend. The book transaction is mid- to high- six figures for the book, and seven figures to engage the writers. The author will be exec producer and his book is expected to be a big bestseller.
If the book package wasn’t...
Sources said that at least four bidders chased the deal in an auction that played out over the weekend. The book transaction is mid- to high- six figures for the book, and seven figures to engage the writers. The author will be exec producer and his book is expected to be a big bestseller.
If the book package wasn’t...
- 11/11/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Spe gets first-look, although it is understood Gabler can make content for any streaming or television platform.
Former Fox 2000 chief Elizabeth Gabler, whose division made global hits such as Life Of Pi and The Devil Wears Prada, has landed at Sony Pictures Entertainment (Spe), where she and her entire Fox 2000 development team will produce content from a wide range of sources including the HarperCollins catalogue.
Spe and HarperCollins are co-funding the new partnership, which remains unnamed for now. Spe gets first-look at projects, although it is understood Gabler can make content for any streaming or television platform.
Gabler and her team,...
Former Fox 2000 chief Elizabeth Gabler, whose division made global hits such as Life Of Pi and The Devil Wears Prada, has landed at Sony Pictures Entertainment (Spe), where she and her entire Fox 2000 development team will produce content from a wide range of sources including the HarperCollins catalogue.
Spe and HarperCollins are co-funding the new partnership, which remains unnamed for now. Spe gets first-look at projects, although it is understood Gabler can make content for any streaming or television platform.
Gabler and her team,...
- 7/15/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Elizabeth Gabler is headed to Sony Pictures in an overall production deal that includes HarpersCollins Publishers and her entire team from Fox 2000.
Gabler most recently oversaw production at Fox 2000 as president of production. She was left with a decision on what to do next, however, once Disney decided to shutter the Fox 2000 film division following its acquisition of Fox’s film and TV assets.
“I have been fortunate to work with Brian, Elizabeth and her talented team in the past,” Sony Motion Picture Group Chairman Tom Rothman said in a statement. “They are the gold standard at their respective jobs and I am overjoyed that we will all be working together in this very forward-looking partnership. Content creators need to find new and aggressive ways to move up in, and enhance, the value chain for authors, publishers, filmmakers, and studios alike, and we believe this alliance will offer many such new opportunities.
Gabler most recently oversaw production at Fox 2000 as president of production. She was left with a decision on what to do next, however, once Disney decided to shutter the Fox 2000 film division following its acquisition of Fox’s film and TV assets.
“I have been fortunate to work with Brian, Elizabeth and her talented team in the past,” Sony Motion Picture Group Chairman Tom Rothman said in a statement. “They are the gold standard at their respective jobs and I am overjoyed that we will all be working together in this very forward-looking partnership. Content creators need to find new and aggressive ways to move up in, and enhance, the value chain for authors, publishers, filmmakers, and studios alike, and we believe this alliance will offer many such new opportunities.
- 7/15/2019
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
Update: More clarity on Elizabeth Gabler and the HarperCollins and Sony situation. She’ll bring her whole Fox 2000 exec team to this new venture, unnamed, that will move her to the Sony lot. It’s a partnership between Sony and HarperCollins Publishers and the goal is to generate productions across multiple platforms from books in the HarperCollins catalog. Gabler had strong relationships both at Sony and HarperCollins, the latter of which is NewsCorp owned, with a straight pipeline from publisher to the studio. Sony will have first look at the projects, with the studio and book publisher cofinancing the relationship. Gabler’s team members moving to the new venture includes Erin Sinimoff, Marisa Paiva, Nikki Ramey and Molly Saffron.
Sony just issued a release, with quote that indicate that not surprisingly, everyone is thrilled. Release is at bottom of original story.
Earlier, 10:50 Am Pst: Sources said that former...
Sony just issued a release, with quote that indicate that not surprisingly, everyone is thrilled. Release is at bottom of original story.
Earlier, 10:50 Am Pst: Sources said that former...
- 7/15/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Elizabeth Gabler is joining Sony Pictures Entertainment in an innovative media deal that will see the veteran executive produce film and TV content based on HarperCollins books.
Gabler was the longtime steward of Fox 2000, which was shuttered after the Walt Disney Company acquired much of 21st Century Fox in March. She will bring her entire development team of Erin Siminoff, Marisa Paiva, Nikki Ramey and Molly Saffron to Sony at the end of August.
Her yet-to-be-named company will be based on the Sony’s Culver City lot, and enjoy a first-look deal across platforms in a multiyear pact. Gabler will work with Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group chief Tom Rothman and HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray.
“For the past two decades our division has thrived by building a film slate based principally on adaptations of literary properties, both fiction and non-fiction,” Gabler said in a statement. “We have always felt...
Gabler was the longtime steward of Fox 2000, which was shuttered after the Walt Disney Company acquired much of 21st Century Fox in March. She will bring her entire development team of Erin Siminoff, Marisa Paiva, Nikki Ramey and Molly Saffron to Sony at the end of August.
Her yet-to-be-named company will be based on the Sony’s Culver City lot, and enjoy a first-look deal across platforms in a multiyear pact. Gabler will work with Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group chief Tom Rothman and HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray.
“For the past two decades our division has thrived by building a film slate based principally on adaptations of literary properties, both fiction and non-fiction,” Gabler said in a statement. “We have always felt...
- 7/15/2019
- by Matt Donnelly and Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Fox 2000 has bought movie rights to the upcoming novel “On the Come Up” from “The Hate U Give” author Angie Thomas.
The studio has reunited its “The Hate U Give” production team for “On the Come Up.” George Tillman, Jr., is directing and Thomas is producing with Marty Bowen, Isaac Klausner, and John Fischer of Temple Hill and Robert Teitel, George Tillman Jr., and Jay Marcus of State Street Pictures. Elizabeth Gabler, Erin Siminoff, and Molly Saffron will oversee the pic for the studio.
“On the Come Up” publishes on Tuesday and is centered on 16-year-old Bri wanting to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. She’s the daughter of an underground hip-hop legend who died right before he hit it big. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral for all the wrong reasons and puts her at the center of a controversy.
The studio has reunited its “The Hate U Give” production team for “On the Come Up.” George Tillman, Jr., is directing and Thomas is producing with Marty Bowen, Isaac Klausner, and John Fischer of Temple Hill and Robert Teitel, George Tillman Jr., and Jay Marcus of State Street Pictures. Elizabeth Gabler, Erin Siminoff, and Molly Saffron will oversee the pic for the studio.
“On the Come Up” publishes on Tuesday and is centered on 16-year-old Bri wanting to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. She’s the daughter of an underground hip-hop legend who died right before he hit it big. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral for all the wrong reasons and puts her at the center of a controversy.
- 2/4/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Following the 2018 release of Fox 2000’s highly emotive Ya drama The Hate U Give, the studio is reuniting with New York Times bestselling author Angie Thomas and the team behind the film for a feature iteration of Thomas’ second novel, On The Come Up. George Tillman Jr. is directing the follow-up for Temple Hill and State Street Pictures.
On The Come Up, slated to be published tomorrow via HarperCollins imprint Balzer & Bray, centers on 16-year-old Bri, who wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. As the daughter of an underground hip-hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri’s got massive shoes to fill. But it’s hard to get your come up when you’re labeled a hoodlum at school, and your fridge at home is empty after your mom loses her job. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song,...
On The Come Up, slated to be published tomorrow via HarperCollins imprint Balzer & Bray, centers on 16-year-old Bri, who wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. As the daughter of an underground hip-hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri’s got massive shoes to fill. But it’s hard to get your come up when you’re labeled a hoodlum at school, and your fridge at home is empty after your mom loses her job. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song,...
- 2/4/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox 2000 has hired 25-year-old Hannah Marks to direct the film adaptation of John Green’s bestselling young adult novel “Turtles All the Way Down.”
Marks is one of the youngest female studio directors in history. She will direct from a screenplay by Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker. Temple Hill’s Isaac Klausner and Marty Bowen are producing with Green and Rosianna Halse Rojas serving as executive producers on the project.
“Turtles All the Way Down” was published on 2017 by Dutton Books. It is Green’s first published work since his 2012 novel “The Fault in Our Stars”
The story follows a 16-year-old a girl with Ocd, who discovers through her friend that a billionaire construction magnate has gone missing in the wake of fraud investigations. Tempted by the reward of $100,000 for information leading to the billionaire’s arrest, the two begin a search for the missing billionaire.
Green said of the novel,...
Marks is one of the youngest female studio directors in history. She will direct from a screenplay by Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker. Temple Hill’s Isaac Klausner and Marty Bowen are producing with Green and Rosianna Halse Rojas serving as executive producers on the project.
“Turtles All the Way Down” was published on 2017 by Dutton Books. It is Green’s first published work since his 2012 novel “The Fault in Our Stars”
The story follows a 16-year-old a girl with Ocd, who discovers through her friend that a billionaire construction magnate has gone missing in the wake of fraud investigations. Tempted by the reward of $100,000 for information leading to the billionaire’s arrest, the two begin a search for the missing billionaire.
Green said of the novel,...
- 1/11/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Hannah Marks, who is perhaps best known for her role on the a BBC America series, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, has been tapped to direct the film adaptation to John Green’s bestselling Ya novel Turtles All The Way Down, which Fox 2000 optioned back in 2017.
The story centers on 16-year-old Aza, a girl with Ocd, who pursues the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett with her best friend, Daisy. Together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett’s son, Davis. All the while Aza is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.
Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker penned the screenplay while Temple Hill’s Isaac Klausner and Marty Bowen are producing. Green and Rosianna Halse Rojas are executive producers on the project.
The story centers on 16-year-old Aza, a girl with Ocd, who pursues the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett with her best friend, Daisy. Together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett’s son, Davis. All the while Aza is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.
Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker penned the screenplay while Temple Hill’s Isaac Klausner and Marty Bowen are producing. Green and Rosianna Halse Rojas are executive producers on the project.
- 1/11/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Super-producer Greg Berlanti has set his next feature directing effort as part of an overall film deal at 20th Century Fox.
Berlanti and the Elizabeth Gabler-run imprint Fox 2000 will team on an adaption of “The Editor,” about a young author named James who’s shepherded by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis when the former first lady worked as a book editor in 1990s New York City. When Onassis pushes him to write a more “authentic” ending, he is forced to confront the truth about his complex family.
Berlanti and Fox 2000 successfully collaborated on last year’s “Love, Simon” a coming-out dramedy that turned $66.3 million worldwide on a $17 million budget. A production timeline was not immediately clear, but “The Editor’s” release will fall under the purview of new Fox owner Disney when it comes to market.
“The Editor” is based on Steven Rowley’s novel of the same name, which will be released by G.
Berlanti and the Elizabeth Gabler-run imprint Fox 2000 will team on an adaption of “The Editor,” about a young author named James who’s shepherded by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis when the former first lady worked as a book editor in 1990s New York City. When Onassis pushes him to write a more “authentic” ending, he is forced to confront the truth about his complex family.
Berlanti and Fox 2000 successfully collaborated on last year’s “Love, Simon” a coming-out dramedy that turned $66.3 million worldwide on a $17 million budget. A production timeline was not immediately clear, but “The Editor’s” release will fall under the purview of new Fox owner Disney when it comes to market.
“The Editor” is based on Steven Rowley’s novel of the same name, which will be released by G.
- 9/28/2018
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Fox 2000 has landed the rights to a K-Pop driven film, based on a pitch from Sb Projects, an entertainment and media company founded by Scooter Braun, who manages top artists such as Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande, and Epic Magazine.
Elyse Hollander is attached to write the screenplay. She is perhaps best known for her no. 1 2016 Black List script Blonde Ambition, a biopic about pop icon Madonna, which was picked up by Universal.
What started as popular music within South Korea, K-Pop, as of recent, has made its way into the mainstream thanks to acts like Seoul boy band Bts. This pic will tell the story of an Asian American college student from the U.S. who becomes a top competitor on South Korea’s toughest K-Pop Competition show.
Braun and James Shin will produce with Scott Manson serving as executive producer on behalf of Sb Projects. Epic Magazine...
Elyse Hollander is attached to write the screenplay. She is perhaps best known for her no. 1 2016 Black List script Blonde Ambition, a biopic about pop icon Madonna, which was picked up by Universal.
What started as popular music within South Korea, K-Pop, as of recent, has made its way into the mainstream thanks to acts like Seoul boy band Bts. This pic will tell the story of an Asian American college student from the U.S. who becomes a top competitor on South Korea’s toughest K-Pop Competition show.
Braun and James Shin will produce with Scott Manson serving as executive producer on behalf of Sb Projects. Epic Magazine...
- 8/21/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox 2000 Pictures has acquired film rights to an untitled feature film set in the world of korean pop, or k-pop, with Scooter Braun’s Sb Projects and Epic Magazine attached.
Elyse Hollander is attached to write the screenplay about an Asian American college student from the U.S. who becomes a top competitor on South Korea’s toughest k-pop competition show. Hollander’s screenplay for the Madonna biopic “Blonde Ambition” topped 2016’s Black List.
The k-pop project was announced Tuesday on the heels of an impressive opening weekend for Warner Bros.’ “Crazy Rich Asians,” which underlined the appeal of Asian American stories.
“We’ve found great partners in Epic and Fox 2000 to showcase the world of k-pop,” Braun said. “We are excited to tap into Elyse’s talent to pull back the curtain on the genre at a time when it’s on the rise globally and give fans...
Elyse Hollander is attached to write the screenplay about an Asian American college student from the U.S. who becomes a top competitor on South Korea’s toughest k-pop competition show. Hollander’s screenplay for the Madonna biopic “Blonde Ambition” topped 2016’s Black List.
The k-pop project was announced Tuesday on the heels of an impressive opening weekend for Warner Bros.’ “Crazy Rich Asians,” which underlined the appeal of Asian American stories.
“We’ve found great partners in Epic and Fox 2000 to showcase the world of k-pop,” Braun said. “We are excited to tap into Elyse’s talent to pull back the curtain on the genre at a time when it’s on the rise globally and give fans...
- 8/21/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
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 Rosenfelt. The author is executive producer alongside Neal Street’s Pippa Harris.
The epic story begins in the spring of 1962 off the Ligurian Sea and centers on three young characters who meet during an incident involving the international jet-set in Rome, in the throws of La Dolce Vita-like swirl of the shooting of the film Cleopatra. The script was written by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, and Elizabeth Gabler and Erin Siminoff are overseeing for Fox 2000. The intention is to go into production this summer.
Wme and Anonymous Content rep Frankel; Mendes is repped by CAA.
The epic story begins in the spring of 1962 off the Ligurian Sea and centers on three young characters who meet during an incident involving the international jet-set in Rome, in the throws of La Dolce Vita-like swirl of the shooting of the film Cleopatra. The script was written by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, and Elizabeth Gabler and Erin Siminoff are overseeing for Fox 2000. The intention is to go into production this summer.
Wme and Anonymous Content rep Frankel; Mendes is repped by CAA.
- 4/19/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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