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Latest News About Writers Who Are Doing Better Than We Are
by munchman
- David Hollander (HEARTLAND) is adapting Nicholson Baker‘s novel, The Fermata into a series for Paramount Television. (The book, written way back in 1994 is about a guy who can stop time and uses this ability to embark on a series of sexual
assaults adventures. So it could be fun – or something quite the opposite of fun after it’s been televisionized.)
- Craig Zadan & Neil Meron (BONNIE AND CLYDE) are developing a Universal TV comedy series about pro soccer player Robbie Rogers “the first opening gay man to compete in a top North American sports league.” (Cuz homosexualilty=funny. Yeah, Right. You can hear me laughing already.)
- Teena Booth, Inon Shampanier, Natalie Shampanier and Stephen Kay are supposedly writing the script for the Lifetime Television Movie BEAUTIFUL AND TWISTED, a story of murder and the usual accompanying badassedness in Miami Beach. (Marvelous munchie says “supposedly” cuz 4 writers seems way too many for the WGA’s rules to allow. Not to mention for the terrible result that’s sure to follow, especially considering how little money is going to be divided all those ways. Sigh….)
- Rene Echevarria (TERRA NOVA) has a development deal with Legendary TV. (This is what’s called a “blind deal” cuz the execs who hired him don’t see so well. No, wait, just kidding. It’s a blind deal because although Legendary has committed to 2 scripts no one’s decided what they’ll be yet. This means Legendary trusts Rene, and el muncho definitely thinks that’s the right attitude. Dood shepherded DEEP SPACE NINE and TEEN WOLF to ultrasonic success, right? Congrats to the smart buyers. Oh, right, you too, Rene bro!)
Latest News About Writers Who Are Doing Better Than We Are
- Theresa Rebeck (SMASH) is writing the pilot for Bravo’s drama series FORTUNE, an adaptation of Charles Dickens‘ Bleak House. (Fortunately for the budget – and just possibly for viewer interest as well – it’s going to be set here and now so we can better appreciate it as some spoiled rich people fight over an inheritance. Yeppers, spoiled rich people as protagonists. We don’t think we’d be out of line in saying that somebody is not paying attention to the temper of the times.)
- Bruce Lee (yeppers, that Bruce Lee) has written something that’s being interpreted as the basis for a new TV series and CAA, which represents the production company, PERFECT STORM ENTERTAINMENT, is looking for a showrunner. (The time to get your people on this with CAA’s people is now. Cuz you’ve always wanted to work, um, with the world’s coolest martial artist, right? “WATAAAAW!”)
- Looks like another showrunner gig is up for grabs. Rene Echevarria has stepped down as showrunner of the upcoming CBS series INTELLIGENCE, leaving a gap for some enterprising TVWriter™ reader to exploit. (Of course, this being Hollywood, the major qualification for the gig is that the writer neither want nor need it, which really makes the executives salivate. So if you don’t really care about running INTELLIGENCE – insert joke here – then have your agent call CBS and tell them they can’t have you and you’ll get it for sure. Um, WTF did we just say?)