X-Men cinematic overlord Bryan Singer is teaming with Spike TV for a future war drama series called World War III…
Not content with helming X-Men: Apocalypse, which promises gigantic scale and a trip to the 1980s, Bryan Singer has added another project to his slate. He’s developing a TV series called World War III, for American cable channel Spike TV.
According to Variety, World War III “will follow one man with a troubled past who will galvanize a resistance movement, calling upon ordinary citizens to become the heroes of Wwiii. When the world’s geopolitical balance shifts and the next global conflict explodes, America’s heartland will become Occupied Territory.”
Variety also notes that Singer’s Bad Hat Harry production company is involved, and that ‘writer-creators’ Aaron and Matthew Benay are helping out too. Those two are also working on the scripts for the Wicked movie and National Treasure 3 at the moment.
Not content with helming X-Men: Apocalypse, which promises gigantic scale and a trip to the 1980s, Bryan Singer has added another project to his slate. He’s developing a TV series called World War III, for American cable channel Spike TV.
According to Variety, World War III “will follow one man with a troubled past who will galvanize a resistance movement, calling upon ordinary citizens to become the heroes of Wwiii. When the world’s geopolitical balance shifts and the next global conflict explodes, America’s heartland will become Occupied Territory.”
Variety also notes that Singer’s Bad Hat Harry production company is involved, and that ‘writer-creators’ Aaron and Matthew Benay are helping out too. Those two are also working on the scripts for the Wicked movie and National Treasure 3 at the moment.
- 7/15/2015
- by rleane
- Den of Geek
He’s busy bringing an apocalypse upon the world in the shape of, er, Apocalypse in the new X-Men film, but it looks like Bryan Singer is ready to have the planet plunged into chaos and conflict on the small screen, too. Singer is acting as executive producer on what is currently called World War III, for which Aaron and Matthew Benay will be doing the heavy lifting of writing and show-running should the concept go beyond the initial stages. Here’s the blurb… “As the world’s geopolitical balance shifts and the next global conflict explodes, America’s Heartland will become Occupied Territory. One man with a troubled past will galvanise a resistance movement, calling upon ordinary citizens to become the extraordinary heroes of Wwiii.” Sounds a little bit like Amazon’s The Man In The High Castle, though without the alt-World War II history angle.It’s all...
- 7/15/2015
- EmpireOnline
Warrior's Gavin O'Connor has found his next feature directing gig. Deadline reports that he is on board to direct Yakuza, a contemporary Japan-set thriller for Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment. The story follows "an American intelligence expert who becomes embroiled in the affairs of a notorious yakuza godfather and finds himself plunged into the violent criminal underworld and toxic landscape of post-tsunami Japan."
Aaron & Matthew Benay wrote the original script, with Chap Taylor doing rewrites. O’Connor and Josh Fagin are rewriting the script again. Brian Grazer is producing, and Imagine’s Kim Roth and Sarah Bowen will be executive producers. O’Connor is also attached to direct Neverland, a Channing Tatum-produced revisionist look at Peter Pan for Sony Pictures scripted by Billy Ray. He also has The Samurai, a spec script he wrote with Michael J. Wilson, for Warner Bros.
Warrior was god awful, so I hope...
Aaron & Matthew Benay wrote the original script, with Chap Taylor doing rewrites. O’Connor and Josh Fagin are rewriting the script again. Brian Grazer is producing, and Imagine’s Kim Roth and Sarah Bowen will be executive producers. O’Connor is also attached to direct Neverland, a Channing Tatum-produced revisionist look at Peter Pan for Sony Pictures scripted by Billy Ray. He also has The Samurai, a spec script he wrote with Michael J. Wilson, for Warner Bros.
Warrior was god awful, so I hope...
- 5/11/2012
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Gavin O’Connor ("Warrior") is set to direct the contemporary Japan-set thriller "Yakuza" at Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment says Deadline.
The story follows an American intelligence expert who becomes embroiled in the affairs of a notorious yakuza godfather and finds himself plunged into the violent criminal underworld and toxic landscape of a post-tsunami Japan.
Aaron & Matthew Benay and Chap Taylor penned the script while O’Connor and Josh Fagin will perform re-writes. Brian Grazer is producing.
The story follows an American intelligence expert who becomes embroiled in the affairs of a notorious yakuza godfather and finds himself plunged into the violent criminal underworld and toxic landscape of a post-tsunami Japan.
Aaron & Matthew Benay and Chap Taylor penned the script while O’Connor and Josh Fagin will perform re-writes. Brian Grazer is producing.
- 5/11/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Coming off the fairly generic cop drama Pride and Glory, director Gavin O’Connor surprised just about everyone with his emotionally-packed story of family and Mma fighting in last year’s Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton-starrer Warrior. He’s now looking towards his next project and it might send him to Japan.
Deadline reports that Universal Pictures has signed the director for a thriller titled Yakuza. The film follows a CIA-esque intelligence expert who gets connected in with the dangerous mafia of Japan called the yakuza. He links up with a godfather baddie and things get even worse from there, all in the “toxic landscape of post-tsunami Japan.”
O’Connor will also take a stab at the script with Josh Fagin, which originated with Aaron & Matthew Benay and was since passed to Chap Taylor. In other words, it’s like any Hollywood production. This is actually an enticing project,...
Deadline reports that Universal Pictures has signed the director for a thriller titled Yakuza. The film follows a CIA-esque intelligence expert who gets connected in with the dangerous mafia of Japan called the yakuza. He links up with a godfather baddie and things get even worse from there, all in the “toxic landscape of post-tsunami Japan.”
O’Connor will also take a stab at the script with Josh Fagin, which originated with Aaron & Matthew Benay and was since passed to Chap Taylor. In other words, it’s like any Hollywood production. This is actually an enticing project,...
- 5/11/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Universal Pictures has set Gavin O’Connor to direct Yakuza, a contemporary Japan-set thriller for Imagine Entertainment. Brian Grazer is producing. The focus is an American intelligence expert who becomes embroiled in the affairs of a notorious yakuza godfather and finds himself plunged into the violent criminal underworld and toxic landscape of post-tsunami Japan. The project originated at Imagine, with a script originally written by Aaron & Matthew Benay, and rewritten by Chap Taylor. O’Connor will rewrite the script with Josh Fagin, and Imagine’s Kim Roth and Sarah Bowen will be executive producers. O’Connor, who last helmed Warrior, is separately attached to direct Neverland, a Channing Tatum-produced revisionist look at Peter Pan for Sony Pictures that has a Billy Ray script, as well as The Samurai, a spec script he wrote with Michael J. Wilson, for Warner Bros. He’s also fashioning the Walter Tevis novel...
- 5/10/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Producers and writers Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick have won in a court trial after accusations of stealing the script for the Tom Cruise drama The Last Samurai. Aaron and Matthew Benay filed suit in 2005 against the producers claiming that it was based on their script, also titled The Last Samurai. The brothers alleged that they submitted the screenplay in 2000 to Bedford Falls, Herskovitz and Zwick's production company, three years before The Last Samurai was released. Both iterations of the script are about an American war veteran who trains the Japanese Imperial Army in the methods of Western warfare. Lead Tom Cruise, who is set to star in Rock of Ages, was also an executive producer on the project. During the trial, which was held on Friday (April 6), Zwick (more)...
- 4/7/2012
- by By Zeba Blay
- Digital Spy
Producers behind Tom Cruise's 2003 blockbuster The Last Samurai have won a legal battle against two screenwriter brothers who alleged their idea for the film was stolen.
Writers Aaron and Matthew Benay filed suit in 2005, insisting a script they wrote in 2000, also called The Last Samurai, was used as a template for the hit Cruise movie.
Film executives Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick disputed the brothers' claims that they had sent a script to their production company Bedford Falls, and, after a seven-day jury trial in Los Angeles, they were vindicated of the accusations on Friday.
Herskovitz tells The Hollywood Reporter, "Ed and I are extremely relieved. It's hard to live under a cloud of false accusations for so many years. The fact that the jury said we never even saw the script - justice has been done."...
Writers Aaron and Matthew Benay filed suit in 2005, insisting a script they wrote in 2000, also called The Last Samurai, was used as a template for the hit Cruise movie.
Film executives Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick disputed the brothers' claims that they had sent a script to their production company Bedford Falls, and, after a seven-day jury trial in Los Angeles, they were vindicated of the accusations on Friday.
Herskovitz tells The Hollywood Reporter, "Ed and I are extremely relieved. It's hard to live under a cloud of false accusations for so many years. The fact that the jury said we never even saw the script - justice has been done."...
- 4/7/2012
- WENN
A federal jury has sided with producers Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick in the long-running dispute over whether the script for the Tom Cruise blockbuster The Last Samurai was stolen from screenwriter brothers. Plaintiffs Aaron and Matthew Benay claimed that their script, also called The Last Samurai, was submitted in 2000 by their agent to an executive at Bedford Falls, the production company run by Herskovitz and Zwick, and was later used as a basis for the 2003 film. But in a unanimous decision reached Friday after a seven-day trial in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles,
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- 4/7/2012
- by Matthew Belloni
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There’s an old saying in writing circles that ideas are a dime a dozen – meaning that anyone can have a good idea because ideas are easy to come by and not particularly valuable. The maxim continues to say that it’s not an idea that’s worth money – it’s what one does with an idea that truly makes it valuable. Now, a court is going to decide just how much truth there is to this theory. Ed Zwick, Bedford Falls, and Marshall Herskovitz are set to stand trial for allegedly stealing ideas for the 2003 Tom Cruise film The Last Samurai. The legal proceeding will determine whether or not there was an implied contract between the defendants and screenwriters Aaron and Matthew Benay after the plaintiffs submitted their script during the film’s...
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- 3/20/2012
- by Mike Bracken
- Movies.com
Ed Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz and Bedford Falls are scheduled to stand trial today for allegedly stealing the ideas for the 2003 Tom Cruise blockbustter The Last Samurai. The case will determine whether an implied contract was made when screenwriters Aaron and Matthew Benay purportedly submitted their own "The Last Samurai" script to the defendants during the film's development. If a jury says there was a contract, and that Zwick and Herskowitz must pay the writers for use of their story about an embittered American Civil War veteran who travels to Japan, the next question will be how much money is
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- 3/20/2012
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The trial over whether Ed Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz and Bedford Falls stole the ideas for the 2003 Tom Cruise film The Last Samurai has been set for March 20 in a Los Angeles federal courthouse. Although Warner Bros. was dismissed as a defendant in the lawsuit brought by screenwriters Aaron and Matthew Benay, the case figures to be a much-watched affair that explores the way film studios acquire and develop screenplays. The plaintiffs are promising to put on quite a show in what Aaron Benay is touting as “one of the biggest idea theft cases in history.” The
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- 3/2/2012
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A federal judge has dismissed Warner Bros. and screenwriter John Logan from a lawsuit that had accused the studio of stealing the story behind the 2003 hit "The Last Samurai." While U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez ruled Tuesday that Warner Bros. and Logan did not violate an implied contact -- there was no signed agreement -- he declined to dismiss producers Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz from the lawsuit. Brothers Aaron and Matthew Benay sued the studio and the producers in 2005, saying that they pitched the script to Zwick and...
- 2/15/2012
- by Joshua L. Weinstein
- The Wrap
A federal judge has dismissed Warner Bros. as a defendant in a long-running case that alleges that the script for the 2003 Tom Cruise film The Last Samurai was stolen from writers Aaron and Matthew Benay. In his ruling, Judge Philip Gutierrez has determined that the plaintiffs have not established sufficient "privity" to show that the studio shared knowledge of the writers' screenplay. But Bedford Falls, a production company of producers Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskowtiz, remain in the case and must defend allegations of breach of an implied contract. The 17-page ruling, a copy of which was obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, was issued Wednesday after a heated
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- 2/15/2012
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Update: It’s like a scene from a John Grisham movie: $800-per-hour attorneys for O’Melveny & Myers in posh Century City law offices trash-picking for used soda cans, torn candy wrappers, and dirty paper napkins. But this is a real-life legal case about the 2003 movie The Last Samurai that’s heating up. A federal court judge will hear oral arguments in the case on Monday. The reason for the rubbish rooting is clear: according to Warner Bros’ filings, “as much as $100 million in potential liability” is at stake here about the film that reportedly made $700M from theatrical grosses and DVDs. The proceedings began in 2005 when brother screenwriters Aaron and Matthew Benay filed suit in federal court against the studio Warner Bros and the film’s director Ed Zwick, writer Marshall Herskovitz and John Logan, the Zwick-Herskovitz production company Bedford Falls for breach of implied contract. The Benays contend that...
- 2/9/2012
- by NIKKI FINKE
- Deadline Hollywood
Who’s the mystery person haunting Warner Bros. by sending incriminating evidence that allegedly proves the studio stole its 2003 blockbuster film, The Last Samurai? Two weeks ago, we reported how a strange letter had turned up after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal had revived a lawsuit brought by Aaron and Matthew Benay, who had also authored a WGA-registered script entitled "The Last Samurai." The letter arrived anonymously from an individual who seemingly loathes Warner Bros. and has familiarity with their various legal troubles. The letter included private e-mails from producers of The Last Samurai and purports
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- 12/23/2011
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
By the time earthquake movie “1906” gets approved for production, California may experience another massive earthquake. “Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol” director Brad Bird updated the status for the ambitious film with MTV News. He stated the problem with the possible film is with the script, and not with budgetary problems as reported by previous Internet web sites. The project has been in development since 2009. “It’s all script. The Internet is not a very reliable place for information,” he said to MTV News. “There have been reports as budget, but it never got that far because you have to solve story problems first.” Bird described that it is a “challenging story” to get together. The film “1906” will be an adaptation of James Dalessandro’s 2004 novel. The book is set during the great San Francisco earthquake and fire, which addresses the tale of political corruption, vendettas, romance, rescue and murder. Dalessandro is...
- 12/16/2011
- LRMonline.com
When The Last Samurai, starring Tom Cruise, was released in 2003, it was a big success, raking in more than $456 million in worldwide box office. But almost immediately after the film came out, Warner Bros. had a problem on its hands in the form of two brothers, Aaron and Matthew Benay, who claimed they had also authored a WGA-registered script entitled "The Last Samurai." The brothers pushed a lawsuit claiming that Warner Bros. had taken their ideas without paying them. The case was later dismissed on summary judgment, then revived on appeal at the Ninth Circuit.
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- 12/5/2011
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cinemax has passed on Ridley Scott and Tony Scott's sci-fi drama pilot The Sector. The project, from the pair's production company Scott Free, focuses on a paramilitary unit that hunts down a dangerous breed of genetically-altered beings. The Sector may now be picked up by the Science network, according to Deadline. A new writer will also be hired to rework the original script by writers Aaron Benay and Matthew Benay. Former Criminal Minds showrunner Simon Mirren was attached to the project as an executive producer. Cinemax reportedly chose to drop The (more)...
- 8/31/2011
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
Exclusive: Sci-fi action-crime series The Sector, from Ridley and Tony Scott’s Scott Free Prods and Germany’s Tandem Communications, is no longer set up at Cinemax. There is talk about Discovery’s Science (formerly Science Channel) possibly picking up the action-crime series in the vein of Blade Runner and District 9 that centers on a commander of a paramilitary unit who pursues a dangerous new race of genetically-enhanced humans. I hear the search is underway for a writer to rework the script by The Sector creators Aaron and Matthew Benay. The Sector had been in development at Cinemax for several months with Simon Mirren attached as exec producer/showrunner and Anne Thomopoluos as executive producer when Tandem, Scott Free and Cinemax announced in April that the project was a go. There has been a discrepancy over the size of the network’s commitment, with some calling it a series...
- 8/31/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
HBO, Tandem & Scott Free Team for Cinemax Crime Series The Sector, about Genetically Enhanced Humans
HBO, Tandem Communications and Scott Free Productions are developing an action-crime series to run on Cinemax. The one-hour series is "in the vein of Blade Runner/District 9" and "tracks the commander of a paramilitary unit who pursues a dangerous new race of genetically-enhanced humans." Criminal Minds's Simon Mirren will serve as exec-producer and showrunner for the project, from writer-creators Aaron Benay and Matthew Benay. Tandem is also behind Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth series, which also has a follow up series in the works with Scott Free, based on Follett's World Without End.
- 4/1/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
Cinemax has picked up to series action-crime series The Sector, from Ridley and Tony Scott's Scott Free Prods. The project was created and written by Aaron Benay and Matthew Benay, with former Criminal Minds executive producer/showrunner Simon Mirren on board as exec producer/showrunner. The Sector had been in development at Cinemax with Anne Thomopoluos for several months. Now it's going forward, with German production company Tandem Communications set to produce with Scott Free. The Sector is described as an action-crime series in the vein of Blade Runner and District 9 which tracks the commander of a paramilitary unit who pursues a dangerous new race of genetically-enhanced humans. Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Anne Thomopoulos, Rola Bauer, David W. Zucker and Jonas Bauer are exec producing. This is the third straight-to-series pickup at Cinemax in the past couple of months following Strike Back and The Transporter.
- 4/1/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
HBO is reportedly developing a new crime drama with Ridley and Tony Scott's Scott Free production company. German company Tandem Communications will also co-produce one-hour series The Sector. The project, written by 1906 scribes Aaron and Matthew Benay, is believed to have been inspired by films such as Blade Runner and District 9. It will air on HBO's sister premium channel Cinemax in the Us and will be promoted to international buyers next week. (more)...
- 4/1/2011
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
DreamWorks Studios has acquired film rights to Michael Morpurgo's 1982 novel "War Horse." Lee Hall ("Billy Elliot") has been hired to write the screenplay adaptation.
Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Revel Guest are producing the project.
The book tells the epic tale of a friendship between a boy and his horse, who become separated but continue to be intertwined as they try to survive the horrors of World War I. "Horse" was a runner-up for the Whitbread Award in the U.K.
"From the moment I read Michael Morpurgo's novel 'War Horse,' I knew this was a film I wanted DreamWorks to make," Spielberg said. "Its heart and its message provide a story that can be felt in every country."
DreamWorks also has in development the young-adult series "Wicked," being adapted by Aaron and Matthew Benay, and "The 39 Clues," being adapted by Jeff Nathanson. Since...
Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Revel Guest are producing the project.
The book tells the epic tale of a friendship between a boy and his horse, who become separated but continue to be intertwined as they try to survive the horrors of World War I. "Horse" was a runner-up for the Whitbread Award in the U.K.
"From the moment I read Michael Morpurgo's novel 'War Horse,' I knew this was a film I wanted DreamWorks to make," Spielberg said. "Its heart and its message provide a story that can be felt in every country."
DreamWorks also has in development the young-adult series "Wicked," being adapted by Aaron and Matthew Benay, and "The 39 Clues," being adapted by Jeff Nathanson. Since...
- 12/16/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
DreamWorks Studios has purchased the original screenplay "Someone in the Dark," written by Richard Blaney and Gregory Small.
Writer-director Carlos Brooks, who came to the scribes with the idea, is attached to helm and executive produce. Gavin Polone and Marc Haimes, a former DreamWorks exec, are in negotiations to produce.
DreamWorks exec Jonathan Eirich brought the script in to the studio, and production co-president Mark Sourian picked it up preemptively.
The script is described by the studio as a teen thriller, but they are keeping details under wraps.
DreamWorks has been active in the new material market lately, picking up the Will Beall comic-book adaptation pitch "Xombie," the Michelle McGrath and Hayes MacArthur pitch "Substitute Husband" and the Aaron and Matthew Benay pitch "Wicked," an adaptation from a series of young-adult novels.
Blaney, Small and Brooks are repped by Original Artists and 59 Management.
Brooks wrote and directed the 2008 Sundance feature "Quid Pro Quo,...
Writer-director Carlos Brooks, who came to the scribes with the idea, is attached to helm and executive produce. Gavin Polone and Marc Haimes, a former DreamWorks exec, are in negotiations to produce.
DreamWorks exec Jonathan Eirich brought the script in to the studio, and production co-president Mark Sourian picked it up preemptively.
The script is described by the studio as a teen thriller, but they are keeping details under wraps.
DreamWorks has been active in the new material market lately, picking up the Will Beall comic-book adaptation pitch "Xombie," the Michelle McGrath and Hayes MacArthur pitch "Substitute Husband" and the Aaron and Matthew Benay pitch "Wicked," an adaptation from a series of young-adult novels.
Blaney, Small and Brooks are repped by Original Artists and 59 Management.
Brooks wrote and directed the 2008 Sundance feature "Quid Pro Quo,...
- 10/28/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
DreamWorks Studios has acquired the rights to the young adult book series Wicked. Aaron and Matthew Benay have signed on to write the adaptation based on their own pitch. The Gotham Group will produce. A New York Times bestselling series and published by Simon & Schuster, Wicked is a five book series written by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguié. The first two books, Witch and Curse, were published in 2002, followed by Legacy and Spellbound in 2003. The fifth book, Resurrection, was published this past summer. Story follows the journey of a young ...
- 10/24/2009
- BusinessofCinema
DreamWorks has acquired the rights to the young adult book series "Wicked" written by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie.Brothers Aaron and Matthew Benay will write the adaptation. According to Variety, The Gotham Group will produce.The five-book series centers on a young woman who learns she is a descendant of a powerful coven of witches. Difficulties arise when she falls in love with a boy who turns out to be a member of a rival coven.The first two books in the bestselling series, "Witch" and "Curse," were published in 2002, followed by "Legacy" and "Spellbound" in 2003. The fifth book, "Resurrection," was published this past July.
- 10/23/2009
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Vampires, fairies and werewolves can all take a hike, as there's a new beast coming to Hollywood with much more in common with Harry Potter than any of those other creatures — except for its appeal to the teenage romance crowd, of course.
Variety reports that DreamWorks has acquired the rights to "Wicked," a young adult novel series written by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie. Aaron and Matthew Benay will write the adaptation for The Gotham Group, which will produce the film.
"Wicked" focuses on a young woman who — much like the aforementioned Potter — discovers that she is descended from a powerful lineage of witches. Things get even more complicated for the newly discovered witch when she falls in love with a boy from a rival coven of wizardry.
The Holder and Viguie-penned novel series consists of five books — "Witch," "Curse," "Legacy," "Spellbound" and "Resurrection" — meaning that the success of one...
Variety reports that DreamWorks has acquired the rights to "Wicked," a young adult novel series written by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie. Aaron and Matthew Benay will write the adaptation for The Gotham Group, which will produce the film.
"Wicked" focuses on a young woman who — much like the aforementioned Potter — discovers that she is descended from a powerful lineage of witches. Things get even more complicated for the newly discovered witch when she falls in love with a boy from a rival coven of wizardry.
The Holder and Viguie-penned novel series consists of five books — "Witch," "Curse," "Legacy," "Spellbound" and "Resurrection" — meaning that the success of one...
- 10/23/2009
- by Josh Wigler
- MTV Movies Blog
DreamWorks studio has acquired the film production rights for the five-book series Wicked.
The series follows the adventures of a “young woman who is descended from a powerful coven of witches.”
The series is by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie. The girls has problems when she falls for guy who is in a rival coven.
Aaron and Matthew Benay (1906) will pen the adapt the source material for screen. The Gotham Group (The Spiderwick Chronicles) will produce.
The fifth book in the Wicked series, Resurrection, came out during the summer. Other titles include Spellbound, Legacy, Curse and Witch.
Source: Variety
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The series follows the adventures of a “young woman who is descended from a powerful coven of witches.”
The series is by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie. The girls has problems when she falls for guy who is in a rival coven.
Aaron and Matthew Benay (1906) will pen the adapt the source material for screen. The Gotham Group (The Spiderwick Chronicles) will produce.
The fifth book in the Wicked series, Resurrection, came out during the summer. Other titles include Spellbound, Legacy, Curse and Witch.
Source: Variety
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- 10/23/2009
- by Reel Loop News Staff
- ReelLoop.com
The last time I thought Hollywood had found the perfect blending of two popular teen franchises, “Harry Potter” and “Twilight”, it was “House of Night”, a series of young adult novels by by P.C. and Kristin Cast. There hasn’t been a whole lot of movement on that movie since we last reported on it last year, but the latest has writing brothers Aaron and Matthew Benay selling a pitch to adapt the “Wicked” novels into a franchise for Dreamworks. Written by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie, “Wicked” is a series of young adult novels described as “‘Twilight’ meets ‘Wanted’ with witchcraft”. Wait, no “Harry Potter” comparisons? There have been five books in the series so far, “Witch,” “Curse,” “Legacy,” “Spellbound” and “Resurrection.” From the book jacket: Holly Cathers’s world shatters when her parents are killed in a terrible accident. Wrenched from her home in San Francisco, she...
- 10/23/2009
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
DreamWorks has reportedly acquired the movie rights to young adult five-book series Wicked. Aaron and Matthew Benay will pen the adaptation of Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie's novels, which follow the adventures of a young woman who is descended from a powerful coven of witches, reports Variety. The girl runs into difficulties when she falls for a boy who is a member of a rival coven. The (more)...
- 10/23/2009
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
DreamWorks has acquired the film rights to the young adult book series "Wicked," according to Variety . Brothers Aaron and Matthew Benay (Brad Bird's upcoming 1906 ) have signed on to write the adaptation. Written by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie, the five-book series centers on a young woman who learns she is a descendant of a powerful coven of witches. Complications arise when she falls in love with a boy who turns out to be a member of a rival coven. The first two books in the bestselling series, "Witch" and "Curse," were published in 2002, followed by "Legacy" and "Spellbound" in 2003. The fifth book, "Resurrection," was published in July.
- 10/23/2009
- Comingsoon.net
Young adult properties. Ever since the phenomenon known as Twilight took off Hollywood has been leaving no stone unturned in their relentless attempt to find the next big craze. Enter Nancy Holder's Wicked series.
According to The Hollywood Reporter sibling scribes Aaron and Matthew Benay have sold a pitch to DreamWorks based on the five-book series Wicked, written by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie. DreamWorks co-president of production Mark Sourian preemptively grabbed the adaptation for mid-six figures and optioned the rest of the series.
Described by someone close to the project as "Twilight meets Wanted with witchcraft," the young-adult "Wicked" novels include "Witch," "Curse," "Legacy," "Spellbound" and "Resurrection." I know you're frothing at the mouth to read them all, yes?
Look for more on Wicked soon!
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According to The Hollywood Reporter sibling scribes Aaron and Matthew Benay have sold a pitch to DreamWorks based on the five-book series Wicked, written by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie. DreamWorks co-president of production Mark Sourian preemptively grabbed the adaptation for mid-six figures and optioned the rest of the series.
Described by someone close to the project as "Twilight meets Wanted with witchcraft," the young-adult "Wicked" novels include "Witch," "Curse," "Legacy," "Spellbound" and "Resurrection." I know you're frothing at the mouth to read them all, yes?
Look for more on Wicked soon!
- Uncle Creepy
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
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Get wicked in the Dread Central forums!
- 10/23/2009
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
DreamWorks has acquired the rights to the Wicked book series, written by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie, according to Variety. No, not the musical Wicked. Or the book said musical was based on. But the young adult book series centered on a young woman who discovers she's the descendant of a powerful coven of witches. But, in a cruel twist of fate, she falls in love with a boy who just so happens to be a member of a rival coven! Oh no! Written by Aaron and Matthew Benay (whose screenplay 1906 is being brought to the screen by director Brad Bird), Wicked is as of yet unknown to be but a single film or the start of a franchise. So, it's Romeo and Juliet -- with witches. With five books in the series, all of which are already published (the last one having been released this past July), it seems...
- 10/23/2009
- by Brandon Lee Tenney
- firstshowing.net
Something "Wicked" this way comes as sibling scribes Aaron and Matthew Benay have sold a pitch to DreamWorks based on the five-book series Wicked, written by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie. DreamWorks co-president of production Mark Sourian preemptively grabbed the adaptation for mid-six figures and optioned the rest of the series. Described by one person involved with the project as "'Twilight' meets 'Wanted' with witchcraft," the young-adult "Wicked" novels include "Witch," "Curse," "Legacy," "Spellbound" and "Resurrection." The books detail the struggle of Holly Cathers, who moves in with an aunt after her parents die and becomes drawn into a dark world of secrets and magic. The Benays will build the script from the first two books in the series...
- 10/23/2009
- bloody-disgusting.com
DreamWorks have picked up the rights to teen novel series Wicked. Not to be confused with the Oz-riffing musical of the same name, Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie's five-book series tells the tale of Holly Cathers, a teenager who discovers that she's the descendant of a coven of witches.Writers Aaron and Matthew Benay are attached to adapt the bestselling books - Witch, Curse, Legacy, Spellbound, and Resurrection - once they've finished on 1906, their 'quake collaboration with Pixar-ite Brad Bird.With the money-making machine that is Twilight in mind, we'd be surprised if their brief didn't major on Wicked's romantic subplot, in which Holly falls for a boy from a rival coven. The Gotham Group, the production house behind The Spiderwick Chronicles, will be putting the potion in motion. ...
- 10/23/2009
- EmpireOnline
Watch out, Twilight, you may have some competition coming your way.
Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie’s young adult series Wicked, which centers around a young girl who finds out she is a descended from a coven of witches, will be going from the page to the big screen.
Aaron and Matthew Benay have written a screen adaptation based on the series, and DreamWorks quickly bought up the rights to put the story on film.
Being a fairly new deal, production details are as of yet undetermined, aside from the fact that the Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Lindsay Williams and Michael Prevett are producing.
If the popularity of such otherworldly book series as Twilight and Harry Potter and the success of their screen adaptations is any indicator, the Wicked series will likely also do very well.
If Wicked does end up drawing as much interest as Twilight has, might...
Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie’s young adult series Wicked, which centers around a young girl who finds out she is a descended from a coven of witches, will be going from the page to the big screen.
Aaron and Matthew Benay have written a screen adaptation based on the series, and DreamWorks quickly bought up the rights to put the story on film.
Being a fairly new deal, production details are as of yet undetermined, aside from the fact that the Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Lindsay Williams and Michael Prevett are producing.
If the popularity of such otherworldly book series as Twilight and Harry Potter and the success of their screen adaptations is any indicator, the Wicked series will likely also do very well.
If Wicked does end up drawing as much interest as Twilight has, might...
- 10/23/2009
- by Carly
- Atomic Popcorn
And another "young adult" series of books is being readied for the big screen treatment: Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguié's Wicked, which encompasses five installments entitled "Witch," "Curse," "Legacy," "Spellbound," and "Resurrection."
The news just came down via THR that sibling scribes Aaron and Matthew Benay have sold a pitch to DreamWorks based on Wicked. The Benays will build the script from the first two books in the series. DreamWorks co-president of production Mark Sourian preemptively grabbed the adaptation for mid-six figures and optioned the rest of the series. The Gotham Group's Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Lindsay Williams, and Michael Prevett are producing.
According to Amazon, the stories follow Holly Cathers, [whose] world shatters when her parents are killed in a terrible accident. Wrenched from her home in San Francisco, she is sent to Seattle to live with her relatives, Aunt Marie-Claire and her twin cousins, Amanda and Nicole. In her new home,...
The news just came down via THR that sibling scribes Aaron and Matthew Benay have sold a pitch to DreamWorks based on Wicked. The Benays will build the script from the first two books in the series. DreamWorks co-president of production Mark Sourian preemptively grabbed the adaptation for mid-six figures and optioned the rest of the series. The Gotham Group's Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Lindsay Williams, and Michael Prevett are producing.
According to Amazon, the stories follow Holly Cathers, [whose] world shatters when her parents are killed in a terrible accident. Wrenched from her home in San Francisco, she is sent to Seattle to live with her relatives, Aunt Marie-Claire and her twin cousins, Amanda and Nicole. In her new home,...
- 10/23/2009
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Something "Wicked" this way comes.
Sibling scribes Aaron and Matthew Benay have sold a pitch to DreamWorks based on the five-book series "Wicked," written by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie. DreamWorks co-president of production Mark Sourian preemptively grabbed the adaptation for mid-six figures and optioned the rest of the series.
The Gotham Group's Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Lindsay Williams and Michael Prevett are producing.
Described by one person involved with the project as "'Twilight' meets 'Wanted' with witchcraft," the young-adult "Wicked" novels include "Witch," "Curse," "Legacy," "Spellbound" and "Resurrection." The books detail the struggle of Holly Cathers, who moves in with an aunt after her parents die and becomes drawn into a dark world of secrets and magic.
The Benays will build the script from the first two books in the series.
DreamWorks is also developing an adaptation of the children's book series "The 39 Clues," written by Rick Riordan, into a potential franchise.
Sibling scribes Aaron and Matthew Benay have sold a pitch to DreamWorks based on the five-book series "Wicked," written by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie. DreamWorks co-president of production Mark Sourian preemptively grabbed the adaptation for mid-six figures and optioned the rest of the series.
The Gotham Group's Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Lindsay Williams and Michael Prevett are producing.
Described by one person involved with the project as "'Twilight' meets 'Wanted' with witchcraft," the young-adult "Wicked" novels include "Witch," "Curse," "Legacy," "Spellbound" and "Resurrection." The books detail the struggle of Holly Cathers, who moves in with an aunt after her parents die and becomes drawn into a dark world of secrets and magic.
The Benays will build the script from the first two books in the series.
DreamWorks is also developing an adaptation of the children's book series "The 39 Clues," written by Rick Riordan, into a potential franchise.
- 10/22/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Yet another supernatural young adult book series has been picked up. This time it's one with a witchcraft angle centering around a young orphaned teen who's pulled into a world of secrets and magic. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Dreamworks has picked up the series called "Wicked," penned by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie. Screenwriter Aaron and Matthew Benay sold a pitch based on the five-part series. Entries in the series are entitled "Witch," "Curse," "Legacy," "Spellbound" and "Resurrection." Total kiddie fare.
- 10/22/2009
- shocktillyoudrop.com
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