Universal Pictures has bought screen rights to "Derailed" & "Detour" author James Siegel's upcoming novel "Deceit" for Lorenzo Di Bonaventura to produce. Story involves a cover-up in which the facts of a nefarious deed are given to the one person -- a journalist and notorious liar -- who is least likely to be believed..." (full details)
"Oscar-nominated screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs ("Chocolat") has been tapped to rewrite "The Banshee and Fin Magee" for Walt Disney Pictures. The original "Fin Magee" script was written by Dean DeBlois ("Lilo & Stitch"), who is working with Jacobs on the rewrite. DeBlois is attached to direct the ghost tale as his live-action feature debut. The supernatural mystery centers on a little boy who is ignored by the world and pretends to be a ghost until he comes into contact with a real spirit..." (full details)
"Paramount Classics has preemptively picked up a post-apocalyptic thriller penned by brothers Alex and David Pastor, with the former signed on to make his directorial debut. Plan is to put the project in production by year's end. The untitled film revolves around four friends trying to escape a viral pandemic in the American West who discover that they are more dangerous to one another than any virus..." (full details)
