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![Reveille and Jack Black’s Electric Dynamite Prods. have optioned the TV rights to journalist/author A.J. Jacobs’ best-selling non-fiction book My Life As An Experiment for a potential half-hour comedy series. Esquire Editor-at-Large […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/cover_my-life-as-an-experiment-115x115.jpg "My Life As An Experiment optioned")
My Life As An Experiment optioned
Posted on July 13, 2010 | No CommentsReveille and Jack Black’s Electric Dynamite Prods. have optioned the TV rights to journalist/author A.J. Jacobs’ best-selling non-fiction book My Life As An Experiment for a potential half-hour comedy series. Esquire Editor-at-Large […] -
![Alan Ball, the Emmy winning writer/producer behind Six Feed Under and True Blood, has set up Charlie Huston’s novel, The Mystic Arts of of Erasing All Signs of Death, at […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/mysticarts-115x115.jpg "Charlie Huston novel heading to HBO")
Charlie Huston novel heading to HBO
Posted on July 12, 2010 | No CommentsAlan Ball, the Emmy winning writer/producer behind Six Feed Under and True Blood, has set up Charlie Huston’s novel, The Mystic Arts of of Erasing All Signs of Death, at […] -
![Jack Ryan, Tom Clancy’s famous CIA analyst, is back! A new film is on track to shoot soon, according to producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura. The film will be called “Moscow,” and […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/tom-clancy-jack-ryan-115x115.jpg "Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan is back")
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan is back
Posted on July 12, 2010 | No CommentsJack Ryan, Tom Clancy’s famous CIA analyst, is back! A new film is on track to shoot soon, according to producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura. The film will be called “Moscow,” and […] -
![“Got a rabbit to pull out of your hat, Percy? You’ve got that Britain-can-make-it look about you. Very intimidating.” – Bill Haydon, from Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy From Variety – A […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/tinker-dvdlrg-115x115.gif "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy remake gets cast")
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy remake gets cast
Posted on July 9, 2010 | No Comments“Got a rabbit to pull out of your hat, Percy? You’ve got that Britain-can-make-it look about you. Very intimidating.” – Bill Haydon, from Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy From Variety – A […] -
![Working Title (the production company that brought us Pride & Prejudice, Nanny McPhee, and Bridget Jones) and director Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice, Hanna) are developing a live-action adaptation of the […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/HansChristainAnderson-115x115.jpg "The Little Mermaid live action remake")
The Little Mermaid live action remake
Posted on July 8, 2010 | No CommentsWorking Title (the production company that brought us Pride & Prejudice, Nanny McPhee, and Bridget Jones) and director Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice, Hanna) are developing a live-action adaptation of the […] -
![Reviving Ophelia, the famous nonfiction book about raising teenage daughters, is heading to Lifetime. First published in 1994, Mary Pipher’s Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls became a bestseller […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/reviving-ophelia-115x115.jpg "Reviving Ophelia heading to Lifetime")
Reviving Ophelia heading to Lifetime
Posted on July 8, 2010 | No CommentsReviving Ophelia, the famous nonfiction book about raising teenage daughters, is heading to Lifetime. First published in 1994, Mary Pipher’s Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls became a bestseller […] -
![Premiering this Friday on SyFy is Haven, the series loosely inspired by Stephen King’s novella The Colorado Kid. The first reviews of this paranormal procedural are in… The Hollywood Reporter is […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Haven2-115x115.jpg "SyFy series Haven – first reviews")
SyFy series Haven – first reviews
Posted on July 7, 2010 | No CommentsPremiering this Friday on SyFy is Haven, the series loosely inspired by Stephen King’s novella The Colorado Kid. The first reviews of this paranormal procedural are in… The Hollywood Reporter is […] -
![The rights to Robert Heinlein’s classic story, Have Space Suit, Will Travel, have been granted to Harry Kloor’s Jupiter 9 Prods by the Heinlein estate. Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Peter […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/spacesuit1-115x115.jpg "Have Space Suit, Will Travel – in development")
Have Space Suit, Will Travel – in development
Posted on July 6, 2010 | 2 CommentsThe rights to Robert Heinlein’s classic story, Have Space Suit, Will Travel, have been granted to Harry Kloor’s Jupiter 9 Prods by the Heinlein estate. Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Peter […] -
![From Cinematical – Grassroots is shaping up to be an interesting little Indy film. Based on the book Zioncheck for President: A true story of Idealism and Madness in American […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Zioncheck-115x115.jpg "Keep an eye out for Grassroots")
Keep an eye out for Grassroots
Posted on July 6, 2010 | No CommentsFrom Cinematical – Grassroots is shaping up to be an interesting little Indy film. Based on the book Zioncheck for President: A true story of Idealism and Madness in American […] -
![Based on the New York Times bestseller by Elizabeth Gilbert. Publisher’s Weekly said (of the book): Gilbert (of The Last American Man) grafts the structure of romantic fiction upon the inquiries […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/EatPrayLove-115x115.jpg "Trailer for Eat, Pray, Love")
Trailer for Eat, Pray, Love
Posted on July 6, 2010 | No CommentsBased on the New York Times bestseller by Elizabeth Gilbert. Publisher’s Weekly said (of the book): Gilbert (of The Last American Man) grafts the structure of romantic fiction upon the inquiries […]
