Fantastic Four: First Steps helmer Matt Shakman has been tapped to direct the pilot and three additional episodes of Paramount+’s Discretion, starring and executive produced by Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning. Shakman also will executive produce the legal thriller, from A24, which landed at…

Hedda writer-director Nia DaCosta has been tapped to direct the pilot and second episode of Sex Criminals, Prime Video's series adaptation of Image Comics' title that hails from Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani, Tze Chun, LuckyChap and Amazon MGM Studios. DaCosta also will executive produce. The news…

EXCLUSIVE: CBS and CBS Studios are reassembling the Ghosts pilot creative team for their vampire comedy pilot Eternally Yours, with director Trent O’Donnell joining writers Joe Port and Joe Wiseman. In addition to directing the pilot, O’Donnell has re-upped his first-look deal with CBS…

EXCLUSIVE: Actor and social media star Adam Rose, whose comedy bits across TikTok, Instagram and YouTube rack up over 1 billion monthly views, is making his feature film directorial debut with 15 Minutes (working title). Rose wrote and will star in the movie that Ambitious Entertainment and…

In the wake of Final Destination: Bloodlines becoming the highest grossing chapter in the 25-year-old franchise with $315M worldwide, New Line is keeping it going, and they’re looking to Belgian filmmaker Michiel Blanchart to take the helm. The WME-repped Blanchart broke out with his short film…

EXCLUSIVE: Musica filmmaker Rudy Mancuso will helm Disney’s long-awaited comedy Bob the Musical. The original musical comedy—long regarded as one of Hollywood's most intriguing "in-development" projects—has been in the works for over a decade at the studio. The story follows Bob, an ordinary…

EXCLUSIVE: Recently launched Canadian production outfit Sauce Studios is talking to buyers at the TIFF market about new project Josephine The Blanket, which heralds from Dead Man’s Wire writer Austin Kolodney. Kolodney will pen and make his directorial debut with Josephine The Blanket…

EXCLUSIVE: Hunters and Invasion showrunner David Weil is poised to make his feature directing debut on Tyrant, part of a preemptive spec deal for his script made by Amazon MGM Studios. Tyrant is a high-stakes thriller in the vein of Whiplash that is set in the fine dining world. This one is on a…

EXCLUSIVE: AF, the production company founded by Frank Ariza (Sorry, Baby), has acquired the rights to adapt Where Are You, Heart?, a short story from an anthology by beloved Argentinian novelist Mariana Enríquez.  Where Are You, Heart? is one of 12 short stories in The Dangers of Smoking in Bed…

Here is a hot package heating up the market from two high-profile talents and an infamous crime-stopper. Sources have confirmed to Deadline that Taika Waititi is attached to direct a new Judge Dredd movie from a script by Drew Pearce. Insiders say the package just went to market and no offers are out…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios’ The Big Sick and The Idea of You filmmaker Michael Showalter is back with the theatrical streaming studio for an untitled pop movie inspired by Cyrano de Bergerac. Showalter will direct the untitled Cyrano Pop movie, which Andrea Seigel will write based on a…

EXCLUSIVE: Emily the Criminal Spirit Award Supporting Performance nominee Theo Rossi is set to make his directorial debut with the upcoming action/heist film Shell Game.  Based on an original script from Rossi, Tommy DeNucci and James Crewe, the pic will tell the story of a notorious crew of thieves…