Exclusive: Paramount Television has put in development Lock Every Door, a thriller drama based on Riley Sager’s just-released novel, from Anonymous Content, former True Blood executive producer/showrunner Brian Buckner, executive producer Angela Robinson and Michael Sugar’s Sugar 23. The project is a co-production between Paramount TV and Anonymous Content as part of the companies’ agreement.
Buckner will pen the adaptation and executive produce. Here is a synopsis for the book, published today:
No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents, all of whom are rich, famous, or both. These are the only rules for Jules Larsen’s new job as an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan’s oldest, most elite and secretive buildings in the Upper West Side. When a fellow apartment sitter goes missing, Jules begins to dig into the Bartholomew’s mysterious history, discovering sordid secrets hidden...
Buckner will pen the adaptation and executive produce. Here is a synopsis for the book, published today:
No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents, all of whom are rich, famous, or both. These are the only rules for Jules Larsen’s new job as an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan’s oldest, most elite and secretive buildings in the Upper West Side. When a fellow apartment sitter goes missing, Jules begins to dig into the Bartholomew’s mysterious history, discovering sordid secrets hidden...
- 7/2/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
In a heated auction with multiple studios bidding, Netflix won movie rights to Dr. Rapp, and already is eyeing for John Hamburg to write the script and direct the film. The Atlantic magazine article by Jeff Maysh was published in January under How a Stroke Turned a 63-Year-Old Into a Rap Legend. It became the year’s first heated material acquisition.
David Klawans (Argo) will produce with Michael Sugar (Spotlight) and Ashley Zalta through Sugar23’s first-look Netflix deal.
Article tells the story of Dr. Sherman Hershfield, a respected neurologist from Beverly Hills who practiced medicine in the San Fernando Valley. When Hershfield suffered a stroke, an unusual side effect changed his life forever: He couldn’t stop speaking in rhyme. Remarkably, Hershfield then emerged in South Central as a freestyle performer, Dr. Rapp.
Hamburg’s scripting credits include Night School and Little Fockers. Films he has directed include Along Came Polly,...
David Klawans (Argo) will produce with Michael Sugar (Spotlight) and Ashley Zalta through Sugar23’s first-look Netflix deal.
Article tells the story of Dr. Sherman Hershfield, a respected neurologist from Beverly Hills who practiced medicine in the San Fernando Valley. When Hershfield suffered a stroke, an unusual side effect changed his life forever: He couldn’t stop speaking in rhyme. Remarkably, Hershfield then emerged in South Central as a freestyle performer, Dr. Rapp.
Hamburg’s scripting credits include Night School and Little Fockers. Films he has directed include Along Came Polly,...
- 1/31/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
After a bidding war that involved several studios and production companies, Netflix has won the film rights to an Atlantic magazine story about Dr. Rapp, a 63-year-old doctor-turned-freestyle rapper.
Author Jeff Maysh’s story “How a Stroke Turned a 63-Year-Old Into a Rap Legend” was published on Jan. 16 and sparked the first major rights auction of 2019.
It describes the life of Dr. Sherman Hershfield, a respected neurologist from Beverly Hills, who practiced medicine in California’s San Fernando Valley. When Hershfield suffered a stroke, an unusual side effect changed his life forever: He couldn’t stop speaking in rhyme. Remarkably, Hershfield then emerged in South Central as a freestyle performer, “Dr. Rapp.”
Also Read: 'Fuller House' Renewed for Fifth and Final Season on Netflix: Watch the Farewell Announcement (Video)
David Klawans (“Argo”) will produce with Michael Sugar (“Spotlight”) and Ashley Zalta through Sugar23’s first-look Netflix deal.
This...
Author Jeff Maysh’s story “How a Stroke Turned a 63-Year-Old Into a Rap Legend” was published on Jan. 16 and sparked the first major rights auction of 2019.
It describes the life of Dr. Sherman Hershfield, a respected neurologist from Beverly Hills, who practiced medicine in California’s San Fernando Valley. When Hershfield suffered a stroke, an unusual side effect changed his life forever: He couldn’t stop speaking in rhyme. Remarkably, Hershfield then emerged in South Central as a freestyle performer, “Dr. Rapp.”
Also Read: 'Fuller House' Renewed for Fifth and Final Season on Netflix: Watch the Farewell Announcement (Video)
David Klawans (“Argo”) will produce with Michael Sugar (“Spotlight”) and Ashley Zalta through Sugar23’s first-look Netflix deal.
This...
- 1/31/2019
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
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