"Universal Pictures has tapped Michael Brandt and Derek Haas ("2 Fast 2 Furious", "3:10 to Yuma", "Wanted") to adapt "Derailed" author James Siegel's fourth novel "Deceit". The story centers on a newspaper reporter busted for fabricating stories. Afterward, while working for a small-town paper, he stumbles onto a dark conspiracy stemming from government radiation testing in the 1950s. But given his history, he can't get anyone to believe him. Lorenzo Di Bonaventura is producing..." (full details)
"Documaker Matthew Buzzell will make his narrative feature debut with "Sunny and Share Love You," currently lensing in Los Angeles. Michele Mulroney and Micah Schraft co-wrote the script and star. Darkly comedic mockumentary concerns an indie filmmaker who helps reunite a pop duo from the '90s. Cast also includes Chris Parnell, Diedrich Bader, Arabella Field, Mink Stole, Matt Malloy, Colin Fickes, Joel Michaely and MaKenna Marks..." (full details)
"Gold Circle Films has optioned English-language remake rights to Russian horror pic "Dead Daughters," with scribe Jared Rivet ("Killers of the Dead") on board to adapt. Directed by Pavel Ruminov, original film centered on three girls who are murdered by their mother. To seek vengeance for their untimely deaths, their ghosts randomly pick people to watch. If that person does something wrong or acts out of line, the girls hold a merciless trial..." (full details)
"Warner Bros. has acquired screen rights to "Fallen" author Tom Sniegoski novel "Sleeper Code," and will turn it into a thriller to be written by Jason Keller ("The Willing Patriot", "The Tourist"). Published last month as a young-adult title by Penguin, "Sleeper Code" is the first of a series that will be refashioned as an adult franchise. The lead character suffers from an extreme form of narcolepsy, forcing him to be home-schooled and to work out of the house. When his psychologist is murdered and his files go missing, he discovers he hasn't been sleeping at all..." (full details)
