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Book to Film Deals, Week of September 10, 2018
This week's notable sales include an option for a 2016 thriller about an English teacher who disappears in Cambodia and a deal for Kiley Reid's forthcoming debut from Putnam about a babysitter and her employer.
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Book to Film Deals, Week of August 20, 2018
This week's hot book to film deals include an option for the nonfiction bestseller about the opioid crisis, "Dopesick," and another deal at TNT for a Caleb Carr backlist bestseller.
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In Theaters: 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post'
We spoke with author emily m. danforth about the film adaptation of her 2012 novel, 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post,' a queer coming-of-age story set in 1990s Montana.
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Book to Film Deals, Week of August 6, 2018
Among the notable book-to-film deals this week is a nonfiction book on women's suffrage which sold to Amblin TV with Hillary Clinton attached as a producer, and Netflix's purchase of a memoir by the founder of Nike.
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Book to Film Deals, Week of July 23, 2018
This week's book to film deals include an option for the memoir by former Obama Administration adviser Ben Rhodes, and a deal for a book about Winston Churchill's wife.
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Book to Film Deals, Week of July 9, 2018
Among the titles optioned this week are a Stephen King short story from the 1970s and a biography of the notorious commodities trader and tax dodger Marc Rich, who was pardoned by Bill Clinton.
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Book to Film Deals, Week of Monday, June 25, 2018
This week's notable options include a deal for the latest novel by Jessica Knoll, and a nonfiction title about Henry Ford.
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Book to Film Deals, Week of May 21, 2018
Among the titles that caught the eye in Hollywood this week are a short story by father-son duo Stephen King and Joe Hill, an Ireland-set detective story that PW recently starred, and a novel about a mixed martial arts fighter.
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Penguin's 'Who Was?' Series to Debut on Netflix
On May 11, Netflix Kids and Family Originals is premiering 'The Who Was? Show,' a 13-episode TV series based on Penguin Young Readers’ bestselling Who Was? biographies.
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Book to Film Deals, Week of May 7, 2018
This week's hot book to film deals include a novel recently optioned for Ron Howard to direct, and a TV series to be adapted from works by Paulo Coelho.
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Book to Film Deals, Week of April 23, 2018
Meg Wolitzer's latest is optioned by Nicole Kidman's production company, Universal Pictures nabs a 2018 graphic novel published by First Second, and more.
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Book to Film Deals, Week of April 9, 2018
A forthcoming biography of Tiger Woods is nabbed for a docu-series, while HBO zeroes in on another Tom Perrotta property.
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Book to Film Deals, Week of March 26, 2018
This week's book to film deals include an adaption of the classic novel 'Native Son,' and a forthcoming book from Doubleday optioned by Sony.
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Book to Film Deals, Week of March 12, 2018
What books have producers been snapping up? This week deals were made for hip hop fashion icon Dapper Dan's forthcoming memoir and Jason Mott's 2014 novel about a girl with healing powers.
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Movie Alert: 'Love, Simon'
The film adaptation of Becky Albertalli’s groundbreaking debut novel, 'Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda,' hits theaters on March 16.
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Book to Film Deals, Week of February 26, 2018
This week's notable book acquisitions in Hollywood include a seven-figure preempt to option a HaprerCollins thriller, and a film deal for a narrative poem by Stephen King.
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Book to Film Deals, Week of February 12, 2018
This week's book to film deals include the first children's book by Sophie Kinsella, and big plans for the Ology series.
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Pinkalicious and Peterrific Make Their TV Debut
An animated TV series based on Victoria Kann’s bestselling Pinkalicious picture books will debut on February 19 on PBS Kids.
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Book to Film Deals, Week of January 22, 2018
The big options this week include a TV deal for Michael Wolff's White House tell-all 'Fire and Fury,' and film deals for a backlist Kazuo Ishiguro novel and Celeste Ng's 2014 debut.
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Movie Alert: 'Paddington 2'
The U.S. release of Paddington 2 on January 12 arrives with particular poignancy, as Paddington’s creator, Michael Bond, died at age 91 on June 27, 2017—the film’s final day of shooting.