Exclusive: After aggressively pursuing rights, Paramount Pictures has preemptively acquired the Wayward Children fantasy book series by Seanan McGuire. With six books already published and a seventh installment coming in early 2022, the studio plans to build a franchise around this universe of characters and stories.
Sources say Paramount’s Motion Picture Group president Emma Watts has had her eye on the series for some time and was hands on in making sure the studio landed the rights. Insiders say the studio views the series as a possible franchise given the huge fanbase that is behind it, and add it has already drawn interest from top talent to be a part of it.
The series adaptations will be produced by Pouya Shahbazian. The series takes place in Eleanor West’s School for Wayward Children, a boarding school for people who have returned home from magical fantasy worlds and have trouble readjusting to their old lives.
Sources say Paramount’s Motion Picture Group president Emma Watts has had her eye on the series for some time and was hands on in making sure the studio landed the rights. Insiders say the studio views the series as a possible franchise given the huge fanbase that is behind it, and add it has already drawn interest from top talent to be a part of it.
The series adaptations will be produced by Pouya Shahbazian. The series takes place in Eleanor West’s School for Wayward Children, a boarding school for people who have returned home from magical fantasy worlds and have trouble readjusting to their old lives.
- 7/29/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
A pair of French production companies, Païva Films and Mirador Pictures, have boarded an untitled spy series created by Charlie Wachtel and David Rabinowitz, the co-writers of Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman.”
Starting with Fidel Castro’s victory in January 1959, the series will depict the secret war between Cuban intelligence, the Kgb, the CIA and the mafia, through the unfolding of Operation Mongoose, one of the more secretive intelligence operations in American history. Wachtel and Rabinowitz said in a statement that the show would be “about those conversations held behind closed doors at the highest levels of government.”
“These are the conversations that the public never hears, the conversations that alter the course of history. We want to delve into the spy-thriller intrigue, the politics, and the absurdities of Operation Mongoose by telling the story from multiple perspectives: the U.S. government, Castro and his revolutionaries, the CIA, and the Cuban exiles in Miami,...
Starting with Fidel Castro’s victory in January 1959, the series will depict the secret war between Cuban intelligence, the Kgb, the CIA and the mafia, through the unfolding of Operation Mongoose, one of the more secretive intelligence operations in American history. Wachtel and Rabinowitz said in a statement that the show would be “about those conversations held behind closed doors at the highest levels of government.”
“These are the conversations that the public never hears, the conversations that alter the course of history. We want to delve into the spy-thriller intrigue, the politics, and the absurdities of Operation Mongoose by telling the story from multiple perspectives: the U.S. government, Castro and his revolutionaries, the CIA, and the Cuban exiles in Miami,...
- 10/2/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
David Manson, who has served as executive producer of the Netflix series House of Cards, Ozark and Bloodline, has signed a two-year overall deal with Paramount Television to develop new projects and work on select existing ones for the studio via his Sarabande Productions banner.
The first potential series developed under the deal will be an adaption of Jacques Audiard’s César Award-winning 2001 French film Read My Lips with writer Nic Sheff. Sheff brought the project to Paramount TV and will work on the adaption with Manson. The series tells the unexpected love story between ex-convict Paul and deaf secretary Carla as they help one another navigate the worlds of blue and white-collar crime. The roles of Paul and Carla were played by Vincent Cassel and Emmanuelle Devos in the film.
“We are big fans of David and have connected over our shared vision for identifying cinematic and prestigious projects,...
The first potential series developed under the deal will be an adaption of Jacques Audiard’s César Award-winning 2001 French film Read My Lips with writer Nic Sheff. Sheff brought the project to Paramount TV and will work on the adaption with Manson. The series tells the unexpected love story between ex-convict Paul and deaf secretary Carla as they help one another navigate the worlds of blue and white-collar crime. The roles of Paul and Carla were played by Vincent Cassel and Emmanuelle Devos in the film.
“We are big fans of David and have connected over our shared vision for identifying cinematic and prestigious projects,...
- 4/30/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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