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Love & Money Dept – TV Writing Deals for 12/15/14

Latest News About Writers Who Are Doing Better Than We Are=&0=& (GROUND FLOOR) has a new overall deal with Warner Brothers TV. (And I say that any time a former FRIENDS writer gets a deal it’s just like it’s happening to a member of the family. Uh-oh, did I just give something away? Like my age maybe?) J.K. Rowling (you might remember her) just sold her series of pseudonymous books about a private investigator named Cormoran Strike to BBC as the basis for a series. (She wrote the books under the name Robert Galbraith, so if you’re a fan of his, you’re also a fan of hers. Wow, this transgender stuff is everywhere now!) David J. Rosen (I JUST WANT MY PANTS BACK) is developing PROFESSIONALS, a comedy about corporate espionage, for Showtime. (Cuz all these corporate execs understand is what happens in corps like theirs, which may make perfect sense but still doesn’t mean that anybody not in that world gives a golldarn. Oh wait – is there anybody left who isn’t in the corporate world? Hmm….) Hey, did I just write a paragraph about a guy whose most successful and recognizable credit is something called I JUST WANT MY PANTS BACK? Oh, God, I did…I did….Time to end it all – for today anyway.

That’s it for now, munchachos. Don’t forget to write in and tell yers truly what you’ve sold when you sell it. Cuz TVWriter™ can’t wait to brag to all your friends. (And, more importantly, enemies. Hehehe….)

Love & Money Dept – TV Writing Deals for 5/2/14

Latest News About Writers Who Are Doing Better Than We Are
by munchman

Max Brooks (WORLD WAR Z, the graphic novel) has optioned his new book, The Extinction Parade to Legendary TV for development as a TV series. (So if you know Max it’s time to put in your bid for the writing gig. And if you don’t know him, now’s the time to change that and then put in your bid.)
David Schulner (DO NO HARM) has extended his deal with Universal TV and will be developing away while the studio pays for an office, an assistant, and, munchie bets ya, a tidy chunk of change dropped into his auto-deposit every week.(Not much point in kissing up to David, though. He’ll probably write everything he develops cuz that’s where his value to Universal lies. Of course, if you like him and the friendship is real, that’s something nobody can fault you for. Except maybe your greedy agent.)
Sarah Phelps (EASTENDERS) is adapting J.K. Rowling‘s novel The Casual Vacancy into a miniseries for HBO and BBC. (Yes, Ms. Phelps is a UK writer. We Amurricans are out. Live with it.)
J. Mills Goodloe (THE BEST OF ME, whatever that is) is writing the pilot for a Bravo dramedy, ALL THE PRETTY FACES, about an immortal family in Half Moon Bay California. (Dramedy? Science fiction? A beautiful beach town? Sounds perfect to the muncher. Only one little fly in this ointment: It’s a vehicle for its producer, Jennifer Garner. And, hey, I admit it – Yer Friendly Neighborhood munchman is no fan of Ben Affleck’s women. Sorry.)