Screenwriting News (March 23-March 29, 2015)

Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski adapting untitled Patty Hearst book for Fox 2000.

Nick Antosca rewriting reboot of Friday the 13th for Paramount Pictures.

Elijah Bynum sets up “Hot Summer Nights” with Imperative Entertainment, Bynum to direct.

Matthew Ian Cirulnick sets up romantic thriller pitch “Paris Call Girl” RatPac Entertainment and Sentinel Pictures.

Gillian Flynn and Steve McQueen adapting British TV series “Widows” for New Regency.

Tom Ford adapting thriller novel “Nocturnal Animals” for Smokehouse Pictures.

Michael Gordon adapting 1980s anime “Robotech” for Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Jason Mark Hellerman’s teen comedy “Shovel Buddies” set with AwesomenessTV and Film 360.

David Hornsby and Lance Krall set road comedy “The Layover” with Unified Pictures and Bron Studios.

Joe Kelly adapting his graphic novel “I Kill Giants” for Treehouse Pictures.

Art Marcum and Matt Holloway writing remake of 1988 movie Alien Nation for Twentieth Century Fox.

Matt Savelloni sells action horror spec script “Temple” to Erebus Pictures.

Jason Segel and Drew Pearce writing LEGO spinoff “Billion Brick Race” for Warner Bros. Pictures.

Rebecca Sonnenshine sells action horror spec script “Realm” to Relativity Media.

Rich Talarico and Alex Rubens sell comedy pitch “Substitute Teacher” to Paramount Pictures, Key & Peele attached.

Jim Uhls sells science fiction spec script “The Leviathan” to Twentieth Century Fox.

Joshua Zetumer rewriting “Boston Strong” for Twentieth Century Fox.

To read my April 2014 interview with Elijah Bynum in which we discuss Hot Summer Nights, go here.

To read my August 2014 interview with Jason Mark Hellerman in which we discuss Shovel Buddies, go here.