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Several best-selling books have inspired new and returning television series this year as well as box office movie magnets like the conclusion to Jon M. Chu’s Wicked and Regretting You based on Colleen Hoover’s book. Still novel adaptations more are in the works, like the many romantic comedies of Emily He…

Salman Rushdie’s novel The Satantic Verses hadn’t been sold in India, the country of the author’s birth, for 36 years, until this week. The novel, which forced the India-born author into hiding after its publication in 1988, has gone on sale at Bahrisons Booksellers in New Delhi, and the news has been…

Though the story of the Bad Sisters on Apple TV+ may be over following the Season 2 finale on Christmas Day, creator Sharon Horgan is already working on another project. During an interview for Bustle's “One Nightstand,” Horgan revealed her hopes to bring an adaptation of Vladimir by Julia May Jonas…

Colleen Hoover is standing with Blake Lively after the actress filed a sexual harassment and retaliation complaint against Justin Baldoni. The It Ends With Us author showed her support for Lively, who starred in the Baldoni-directed adaptation of her 2016 novel, with some kind words on her Instagram…

Updated with the latest: Colleen Hoover's popular thriller Verity is in the works for a feature film adaptation with Amazon MGM Studios starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett and another of her books Regretting You has been picked up for an indie adaptation with stars already attached. Re…

EXCLUSIVE: In a strong year-end book deal, Apple Studios has paid seven figures for the Elliot Ackerman novel Sheepdogs for Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman to develop as a series. The book will be published summer 2025 by Alfred K. Knopf/Penguin Random House. Eleven bidders were in the…

Walker Scobell's Percy Jackson will get the chance to take on "The Sea of Monsters" just like Logan Lerman before him in the film version. Related Stories News ‘Percy Jackson & The Olym…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony is developing Jennifer L. Armentrout’s series of books including the New York Times bestseller From Blood and Ash for television. The project will be developed as an ongoing series that includes five Blood And Ash books: From Blood and Ash, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire, The Crown of Gi…

After bringing her heartfelt words to life on the big screen, Blake Lively is showing her appreciation for Colleen Hoover. The It Ends with Us star praised the book’s author on Wednesday for her birthday, expressing how much “my life has changed” since starring in this year’s Justin Baldoni-helmed…

EXCLUSIVE: Jason Moore (Shotgun Wedding) and Nick Santora (Reacher) are teaming on a film adaptation of Playing for Pizza, the New York Times bestselling novel by John Grisham, for Skydance Sports. Moore will direct from Santora’s script, with Jesse Sisgold, Jason Reed, and Don Granger producing for…

Last night at the Deadline-hosted celebration of the Black List 20th anniversary, founder Franklin Leonard told attendees that there was more to come. Now that more to come is here. Just one day after the Travis Braun-topped 20th anniversary list came out, the Black List Wednesday revealed the…

EXCLUSIVE: Bill O’Dowd’s Dolphin Entertainment has acquired rights to The Woman Who Saved the Children, Clare Mulley’s acclaimed biography of Save the Children founder Eglantyne Jebb, for development as a feature film. Published by Oneworld Publications in 2010, The Woman Who Saved the Children…