Exclusive: Another high-profile post-strike TV package has found a buyer. In a competitive situation with multiple bidders, Netflix has nabbed Covers, a drama from Girls creator Lena Dunham, who is set to write, direct and executive produce under her Good Thing Going banner; Drew Comins’ Creative Engine Entertainment (Yellowjackets); and Fifth Season, sources tell Deadline.
No one is commenting but I hear the premium development commitment involves a 20-week writers room to pen an entire season worth of scripts. Staffing is currently underway with an eye toward opening the room in the spring, sources said.
Inspired by real events, Covers poses the question, what if university life – the hard-partying, test-cramming, hookup-regretting reality of a college student – was actually a ruse for a more complex identity, one that no one would suspect – as intelligence officers working covertly for MI6? Or, to put it bluntly, spies.
The heroes of Covers are clandestine...
No one is commenting but I hear the premium development commitment involves a 20-week writers room to pen an entire season worth of scripts. Staffing is currently underway with an eye toward opening the room in the spring, sources said.
Inspired by real events, Covers poses the question, what if university life – the hard-partying, test-cramming, hookup-regretting reality of a college student – was actually a ruse for a more complex identity, one that no one would suspect – as intelligence officers working covertly for MI6? Or, to put it bluntly, spies.
The heroes of Covers are clandestine...
- 1/10/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Bad Bunny, Christina Aguilera and Jeremy Pope have a date with GLAAD. They are set to receive special honors at the GLAAD Media Awards, taking place at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on March 30.
Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican superstar who just opened the Grammy Awards on Sunday, will be feted with a Vanguard Award for championing queer visibility in Latinx culture; Aguilera will take home an Advocate for Change Award for decades-long allyship in promoting acceptance of LGBTQ people; and Pope will receive a Stephen F. Kolzak Award, awarded for “breaking barriers across multiple industries as an out LGBTQ media professional,” per the org.
With a Vanguard honor, Bad Bunny follows in the footsteps of previous honorees like Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, Kerry Washington, Cher, Janet Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor, Kacey Musgraves and Antonio Banderas. GLAAD’s Advocate for Change trophy has been doled out to...
Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican superstar who just opened the Grammy Awards on Sunday, will be feted with a Vanguard Award for championing queer visibility in Latinx culture; Aguilera will take home an Advocate for Change Award for decades-long allyship in promoting acceptance of LGBTQ people; and Pope will receive a Stephen F. Kolzak Award, awarded for “breaking barriers across multiple industries as an out LGBTQ media professional,” per the org.
With a Vanguard honor, Bad Bunny follows in the footsteps of previous honorees like Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, Kerry Washington, Cher, Janet Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor, Kacey Musgraves and Antonio Banderas. GLAAD’s Advocate for Change trophy has been doled out to...
- 2/8/2023
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bad Bunny loves himself a good, sappy read. The singer has signed on to executive produce the upcoming Netflix adaption of the New York Times bestselling YA novel They Both Die in the End, Rolling Stone has confirmed. The series, based on the novel written by Adam Silvera, is also backed by Bridgerton creator Chris Van Dusen, Yellowjackets executive producer Drew Comins, and Silvera himself.
The book centers on two characters, Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio, who both receive a call from “Death-Cast,” a company that predicts the deaths of individuals.
The book centers on two characters, Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio, who both receive a call from “Death-Cast,” a company that predicts the deaths of individuals.
- 1/10/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
A show that could become your newest YA obsession is heading to Netflix. Deadline reported that the streamer has acquired the rights to a series adaptation of Adam Silvera's 2017 novel "They Both Die at the End" in a competitive bid. The show, which was in development limbo after being dropped by HBO, will be produced by Entertainment One, whose "Yellowjackets" has proven the consumer demand for dark and compelling YA media.
As for the names responsible for bringing the show to life, Chris Van Dusen is attached as its showrunner. If that's a name you remember, you likely know of him as the first showrunner of Netflix's smash Regency hit "Bridgerton," having held the position for its first two seasons. Drew Comins and Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, also known as the barrier-breaking musician Bad Bunny, will serve as executive producers.
What We Could Expect From They Both Die At...
As for the names responsible for bringing the show to life, Chris Van Dusen is attached as its showrunner. If that's a name you remember, you likely know of him as the first showrunner of Netflix's smash Regency hit "Bridgerton," having held the position for its first two seasons. Drew Comins and Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, also known as the barrier-breaking musician Bad Bunny, will serve as executive producers.
What We Could Expect From They Both Die At...
- 1/9/2023
- by Erin Brady
- Slash Film
A series adaptation for the New York Times bestselling book “They Both Die at the End,” from author Adam Silvera, has been set at Netflix, hailing from “Bridgerton” creator Chris Van Dusen, as well as executive producers Bad Bunny (née Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) and “Yellowjackets” EP Drew Comins and studio eOne, TheWrap has learned.
The project, which was acquired by Netflix in a highly competitive bidding situation, has received a significant commitment. It marks Van Dusen’s return to the streamer after the success of “Bridgerton,” where he serves as creator and EP on the period romantic dramedy – one of Netflix’s biggest hits, with Seasons 1 and 2 occupying top spots in the Most Popular List for English-language TV.
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Van Dusen is penning the pilot script and will executive produce through his Cvd Productions alongside Silvera,...
The project, which was acquired by Netflix in a highly competitive bidding situation, has received a significant commitment. It marks Van Dusen’s return to the streamer after the success of “Bridgerton,” where he serves as creator and EP on the period romantic dramedy – one of Netflix’s biggest hits, with Seasons 1 and 2 occupying top spots in the Most Popular List for English-language TV.
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Van Dusen is penning the pilot script and will executive produce through his Cvd Productions alongside Silvera,...
- 1/9/2023
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
Exclusive: In a very competitive situation, with five streamers/networks bidding, Netflix has nabbed a series adaptation of Adam Silvera’s No. 1 New York Times bestselling YA novel They Both Die at the End, I have learned. The project, which hails from Bridgerton creator Chris Van Dusen, Yellowjackets executive producer Drew Comins and studio eOne as well as music superstar Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, known professionally as Bad Bunny, has received a significant, script-to-series commitment, I hear. It marks Van Dusen’s return to Netflix where he created and served as executive producer/showrunner on the first two seasons of Shondaland’s hit period drama Bridgerton, each of them ranking as Netflix’s most popular English-language TV series at the time of their launch.
Emmy and PGA Award-nominated Van Dusen is writing the pilot script and is executive producing through his Cvd Productions alongside Silvera, Ocasio, and Comins via his eOne-based Creative Engine.
Emmy and PGA Award-nominated Van Dusen is writing the pilot script and is executive producing through his Cvd Productions alongside Silvera, Ocasio, and Comins via his eOne-based Creative Engine.
- 1/9/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
With "Bridgerton" season 2 just around the corner, promising even more scandals withe the Bridgerton family, series co-creator Chris van Dusen has been signed to co-write and executive produce the adaptation of "They Both Die at the End." Deadline reports that Entertainment One's series adaptation of the eponymous Adam Silvera YA novel has been in the works for a duration of 10 months and is expected to release some time soon.
"They Both Die at the End" made history when it was first released, being the first YA novel with queer Latino characters to hit number one on...
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- 3/9/2022
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
Chris Van Dusen, best known as the creator and showrunner of the Netflix period drama Bridgerton, has agreed to co-write and executive produce a TV adaptation of Adam Silvera’s bestselling YA novel They Both Die at the End. The project comes from Entertainment One and Drew Comins’ Creative Engine Entertainment and has been in the works for about 10 months, according to Deadline. With Van Dusen now on board to co-write the pilot episode, the series will be shopped to the premium marketplace in the near future. They Both Die at the End was first published in 2017 and quickly became a New York Times bestseller. The story centers around two teenage boys, Mateo and Rufus, who discover that they only have one day left to live. While strangers, the two boys find each other through a unique app called Last Friend and end up meeting, hoping to live a lifetime together in a single day.
- 3/9/2022
- TV Insider
“Bridgerton” Creator Chris Van Dusen has lined up a new project — writing the television adaptation of “They Both Die at the End” at eOne.
Van Dusen will write the series with the book’s author, Adam Silvera. He will also serve as executive producer through his company Cvd Productions.
“They Both Die at the End,” a YA novel released in 2021, follows the story of two people whose lives change over one day.
The synopsis of the book reads: “On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They’re going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they’re both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: There’s an app for that. It’s called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to...
Van Dusen will write the series with the book’s author, Adam Silvera. He will also serve as executive producer through his company Cvd Productions.
“They Both Die at the End,” a YA novel released in 2021, follows the story of two people whose lives change over one day.
The synopsis of the book reads: “On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They’re going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they’re both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: There’s an app for that. It’s called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to...
- 3/9/2022
- by Jolie Lash
- The Wrap
Exclusive: As he is firming up his post-Bridgerton plans, Chris Van Dusen has signed on to co-write and executive produce Entertainment One’s TV series adaptation of Adam Silvera’s No. 1 New York Times bestselling YA novel They Both Die at the End. The project, which has been in the works at eOne and Drew Comins’ studio-based Creative Engine Entertainment for about 10 months, will be taken out to the premium marketplace shortly.
Van Dusen is co-writing the pilot script for the TV adaptation with Silvera and is executive producing via his Cvd Productions alongside Comins. eOne will serve as the studio and distribute worldwide. This is one of several TV series projects Bridgerton creator Van Dusen has been working on since leaving the hit Netflix period drama after serving as executive producer and showrunner on the first two seasons.
Entertainment One acquired U.S. rights to Silvera’s novel last spring for Comins,...
Van Dusen is co-writing the pilot script for the TV adaptation with Silvera and is executive producing via his Cvd Productions alongside Comins. eOne will serve as the studio and distribute worldwide. This is one of several TV series projects Bridgerton creator Van Dusen has been working on since leaving the hit Netflix period drama after serving as executive producer and showrunner on the first two seasons.
Entertainment One acquired U.S. rights to Silvera’s novel last spring for Comins,...
- 3/8/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Showtime is developing a football drama with former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, Gossip Girl and The Boys star Chace Crawford and Yellowjackets exec producer Drew Comins.
The series, which is in the early stages of development at the ViacomCBS-owned network, follows a fictitious first family of football and the players, coaches, and power brokers behind the high stakes world of America’s biggest professional sport.
The network is searching for a writer for the untitled project, which comes from eOne, where Comins and his Creative Engine Entertainment is based.
Romo and Crawford are, in fact, brothers in law. Romo, who is currently an announcer for CBS having spent 14 seasons with the Cowboys, is married to Crawford’s sister Candice.
The project has been described as a cross between Succession and Friday Night Lights.
It is the latest project for Comins, who helped put together Yellowjackets, one of Showtime’s biggest hits in years.
The series, which is in the early stages of development at the ViacomCBS-owned network, follows a fictitious first family of football and the players, coaches, and power brokers behind the high stakes world of America’s biggest professional sport.
The network is searching for a writer for the untitled project, which comes from eOne, where Comins and his Creative Engine Entertainment is based.
Romo and Crawford are, in fact, brothers in law. Romo, who is currently an announcer for CBS having spent 14 seasons with the Cowboys, is married to Crawford’s sister Candice.
The project has been described as a cross between Succession and Friday Night Lights.
It is the latest project for Comins, who helped put together Yellowjackets, one of Showtime’s biggest hits in years.
- 2/3/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Entertainment One has acquired U.S. rights to Adam Silvera’s novel They Both Die at the End, currently No. 1 on the New York Times YA paperback bestsellers list three years after it was published, to develop for television. Silvera is attached to pen the series adaptation. eOne will serve as the studio and distribute the project worldwide. Drew Comins of Creative Engine Entertainment will produce through his deal at eOne.
Published by HarperCollins in September 2017, They Both Die at the End was previously in development as a series at HBO with J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot and The Other Two co-creator Chris Kelly. Comins and eOne pursued the rights when they became available, landing them in a competitive situation. Creative Engine and eOne already have a relationship with Silvera, whose first novel, More Happy Than Not, is currently in the works as a series at HBO Max, also with Comins and eOne.
Published by HarperCollins in September 2017, They Both Die at the End was previously in development as a series at HBO with J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot and The Other Two co-creator Chris Kelly. Comins and eOne pursued the rights when they became available, landing them in a competitive situation. Creative Engine and eOne already have a relationship with Silvera, whose first novel, More Happy Than Not, is currently in the works as a series at HBO Max, also with Comins and eOne.
- 5/6/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: HBO Max is developing Adam Silvera’s bestselling Ya novel More Happy Than Not as a one-hour series, from Drew Comins’ Creative Engine Entertainment and eOne where the company is under an overall deal. Comins and Silvera will serve as executive producers on the project, which is currently looking for a writer and filmmaker to do the adaptation.
In More Happy Than Not, it’s a sweltering, dangerous summer in the Bronx. Sixteen-year-old Aaron Soto is struggling to find happiness since his father’s suicide — but he’s gunning for it. With the help of his girlfriend Genevieve and his overworked mom, he’s slowly remembering what it might feel like. But grief and the scar on his wrist keep him from forgetting the past completely. When Genevieve leaves for a couple weeks, Aaron spends all his time hanging out with this new guy, Thomas. Aaron’s crew notices,...
In More Happy Than Not, it’s a sweltering, dangerous summer in the Bronx. Sixteen-year-old Aaron Soto is struggling to find happiness since his father’s suicide — but he’s gunning for it. With the help of his girlfriend Genevieve and his overworked mom, he’s slowly remembering what it might feel like. But grief and the scar on his wrist keep him from forgetting the past completely. When Genevieve leaves for a couple weeks, Aaron spends all his time hanging out with this new guy, Thomas. Aaron’s crew notices,...
- 2/13/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Jack Ryan’s mission will continue: Amazon has renewed Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan for Season 3, the streamer announced at the Television Critics Association winter press tour.
Jack Ryan, starring The Office alum John Krasinski as the titular CIA analyst, debuted last August, and was renewed for a second season prior to its premiere. Season 2, which will feature Game of Thrones vet Tom Wlaschiha as a mysterious foreign operative, does not yet have a premiere date.
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Jack Ryan, starring The Office alum John Krasinski as the titular CIA analyst, debuted last August, and was renewed for a second season prior to its premiere. Season 2, which will feature Game of Thrones vet Tom Wlaschiha as a mysterious foreign operative, does not yet have a premiere date.
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- 2/14/2019
- TVLine.com
As he fields offers for massive overall deals, J.J. Abrams continues to expand his TV empire.
Abrams' Bad Robot is teaming with HBO for the half-hour sci-fi comedy They Both Die at the End. The project, which is in development, is based on the book of the same name by Adam Silvera.
Set in the near-future where everyone receives a bureaucratic phone call notifying them at the start of their last day on Earth, They Both Die at the End follows a seemingly disparate group of people as they live their scary, funny, weird, hopeful, romantic and unexpected final ...
Abrams' Bad Robot is teaming with HBO for the half-hour sci-fi comedy They Both Die at the End. The project, which is in development, is based on the book of the same name by Adam Silvera.
Set in the near-future where everyone receives a bureaucratic phone call notifying them at the start of their last day on Earth, They Both Die at the End follows a seemingly disparate group of people as they live their scary, funny, weird, hopeful, romantic and unexpected final ...
- 2/13/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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