Screenwriting News (May 9-May 15, 2016)

This week’s writing deals and movie project news.

Benjamin August adapting “The Billion Dollar Spy” for Walden Media and Weed Road Pictures.

Frank Baldwin writing remake of “In Order of Disappearance” for StudioCanal and Paradox.

Tamara Chestna rewriting comedy “Revenge Wedding” for CBS Films.

Derek Connolly writing “Pacific Rim 2” for Legendary Pictures.

David Dastmalchian writing-acting in “All Creatures Here Below” for Planeo Films.

John Fusco OWA adapting YA novels “Spirit Animals” for Universal Pictures.

Drew Goddard adapting the novel “Wraiths of the Broken Land” for Twentieth Century Fox and Scott Free Productions.

Gregory Allen Howard adapting “Life In Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina” for New LIne.

Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Fillipou scripted drama “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” with Film4 Productions, New Sparta Films, and Element Pictures.

Graham Moore sells historical drama spec script “The Last Days of Night” to Black Bear Pictures, an adaptation from his own book which will be published in October.

Hallie Meyers-Shyer writing-directing comedy “Home Again” with Black Bicycle Entertainment.

Eric Nazarian and Jon Avnet scripted “Three Christs” with Highland Film Group and Brooklyn Films.

Matt Rager adapting “The King of Oil” for BB Film Productions.

Lynne Ramsay writing-directing “You Were Never Really Here” for Film4 Productions and British Film Institute.

James Sclafani scripted “The King of Counterfeit” with Lotus Entertainment and Phoenix Pictures.

Sebastian Silva scripted dark comedy “Captain Dad” with Archer Gray Productions.

Joshua Turek scripted dark comedy “Jake” with Global Genesis Group.