Screenwriting News (4/23–4/29/12)

David Lindsay-Abaire (Oz: The Great and Powerful) rewriting script for horror reboot Poltergeist for MGM.

Aaron Buchsbaum and Teddy Riley sell comedy spec script “El Tigre” to Sony.

Christopher Cosmos sells drama thriller spec script “The Fall” to QED International.

Mark & Jay Duplass (Jeff, Who Lives At Home) named to adapt the novel “Mule” for Universal.

Stephen Dyer and Jonah Lisa Dyer (Hysteria) hired to rewrite “Pioneer Woman” for Sony.

Neil Gaiman sells his children’s book The Graveyard Book to Walt Disney Pictures.

Dean Georgaris (The Manchurian Candidate) to take on “Stretch Armstrong” for Relativity Media.

Scott Gimple named to write sci-fi project “Prosthesis” for Universal.

Cole Hadden sells spec script “Savage Planet” to Sony.

Nick Hornby (Fever Pitch) to adapt drama novel “Brooklyn” for Wildgaze Films.

Lars Jacobson sells action thriller spec script “Cardiac” to 20th Century Fox and Davis Entertainment.

Charlie Kaufman (Adaptation) hired to adapt YA novel “Chaos Walking” for Lionsgate.

David James Kelly (30 Days of Night) named to rewrite the reboot of Daredevil for 20th Century Fox

Ben Ketai (30 Days of Night: Dark Days) to adapt novel horror “Hush” for FuseFrame Media.

Steve Kloves (The Fabulous Baker Boys) to adapt, write and direct “The Jungle Book” for Warner Bros.

Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (Star Trek) named to rewrite the sequel to Amazing Spider-Man for Sony.

Also Kurtzman has a nice feature in today’s LA Times about People Like Us, a new movie he wrote and directed.

Jeremy Miller and Dan Cohn (“Entourage”) to write remake of German movie “Over My Dead Body” for Wind Dancer.

Marti Noxon (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) dubbed to adapt memoir “The Glass Castle” for Lionsgate.

Kelly Oxford sells comedy spec script “Son of a Bitch” to Warner Bros.

Adam Robitel options his horror period piece spec script “The Bloody Benders” to Guillermo del Toro’s company Necropia Entertainment.

Ben Schwartz (“Parks & Recreation”) sells romantic comedy pitch “No Hearts Club” to Universal

Ken Scott to write and direct a remake of his French-Canadian movie Starbuck for DreamWorks.

David Stem and David Weiss (The Smurfs) named to adapt “The Ringling Brothers” for Paramount.

Scott Stewart (Priest) sets up supernatural thriller project “Dark Skies” at Dimension Films.

Bruno Zacarias and Miguel “Macgregor” de Olaso sells futuristic action pitch “Law Zero” to Warner Bros.

Nice Vanity Fair feature on new HBO series “The Newsroom” from show creator Aaron Sorkin.

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