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Marlon Wayans ’ new comedy inspired by his life and career is on the move. Starz has taken in for development Book of Marlon , with Wayans set to star, co-write and executive produce. The project, which was previously in development at HBO Max, hails from Sherman’s Showcase and South Side creators Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin, Wayans’ longtime producing partner Rick Alvarez ( Marlon ), Michael Rotenberg and Warner Bros. TV. Book of Marlon was originally set up at HBO Max in 2020. There was chatter that the project at some point had been unofficially greenlighted to pilot but it never went to production and was eventually put on hold amid the companywide programming slate reevaluation under the new Warner Bros. Discovery regime. At that point, I hear the producers took the comedy out and found a new home for it at Starz. In the half-hour project, Wayans will play a fictionalized version of himself, exploring his professional life as a comedian and … [Read more...] about Marlon Wayans Comedy ‘Book Of Marlon’ Moves From HBO Max To Starz For Development

EXCLUSIVE : Candle Media -backed Spanish-language powerhouse Exile Content Studio has promoted Nando Vila to succeed Daniel Eilemberg as Head of Studio. Vila moves up from his Head of Audio and Unscripted Television post and will oversee the Latin-focused outfit’s film and TV content strategy. He is a former Vice President of Programming at Fusion TV where he exec produced, created and hosted the likes of political sketch comedy show Happy Ending, while he also exec produced Emmy-nominated documentary The Naked Truth: Trumpland. Vila succeeds Eilemberg, who became CEO of the Lil’ Heroes NFT franchise last month when Exile took a majority stake in that franchise. Founded in 2019 by former Univision and Televisa Chief Content Officer Isaac Lee, Exile creates films, TV series and non-scripted TV for the world’s 550M Spanish speakers, with recent projects including Todo Va A Estar Bien , co-produced with Diego Luna for Netflix, and docu-series Un Sueño Real , … [Read more...] about Candle Media-Backed Exile Content Studio Promotes Nando Vila To Head Of Studio

EXCLUSIVE : Strong Studios will develop and produce a feature based on the biographical novel 4th & Goal : One Man’s Quest to Recapture His Dream , examining the life of corporate executive, author and football coach Joe Moglia . The 2012 book penned by New York Times bestselling author and Forbes contributing editor Monte Burke follows Moglia from his roots growing up in a rough-and-tumble neighborhood in New York City to his rise through the high school and college football ranks to become the defensive coordinator at Dartmouth, and his dream of becoming a head coach of a college football team. Often, life has a way of interfering with dreams, and with a family on the way, Joe was at one time forced to abandon his, entering corporate America to make ends meet. With no MBA but through a fundamental belief that he could succeed with grit and determination, he landed a job at Merrill Lynch and 25 years later stood at the zenith of the financial world as CEO of … [Read more...] about Todd Robinson Preps Sports Drama ‘4th & Goal’ About Corporate Exec-Turned-College Football Coach Joe Moglia For Strong Studios

EXCLUSIVE : Anonymous Content has hired former Bron executive David Davoli as President of International, based in New York. Davoli will oversee Anonymous Content’s international division including its various global joint ventures — Anonymous /Federation, AC Nordic, AC Brazil and Chapter One in the UK. He will be tasked with continuing to build out the international expansion. He starts in the new role in early September and will be a member of the senior leadership team, reporting to Anonymous Content CEO, Dawn Olmstead. Most recently, Davoli was President of Television at Bron Studios where he oversaw development, production, co-productions, financing and sales, and was the key dealmaker across all TV efforts. Among the projects he worked on were Irish family crime drama, Kin , on AMC+ and RTÉ, starring Charlie Cox and Aidan Gillen; Ten Percent , the English-language remake to the hit French series, Call My Agent! , which aired on Amazon Prime in the UK, and … [Read more...] about Anonymous Content Hires Former Bron Studios TV Prez David Davoli As President Of International

EXCLUSIVE : Audible , the audio platform owned by Amazon, is looking to expand the number of TV and film adaptations of its podcasts and original audiobooks. The company has hired Jackie Levine , formerly President of Robert Zemeckis’s ImageMovers, as Head of Television and Film. Levine will lead a new division to oversee the audio-to-screen pipeline for Audible Originals. She will identify projects to adapt and package with talent. She will report to Head of Content Acquisition and Development, Pat Shah. It comes as the competition to adapt podcast and audio IP intensifies; Spotify has a deal with Peter Chernin to adapt its podcasts and Apple, which has been moving further into original audio series, has turned a number of Wondery podcasts such as The Shrink Next Door, into TV series. Audible has been ramping up its original audio series and podcasts, and has seen a number of originals adapted for film and TV including When You Finish Saving The World , … [Read more...] about Amazon’s Audio Platform Audible To Ramp Up TV & Film Adaptations With Hire Of Jackie Levine

EXCLUSIVE: Independent film and television production company ATN Productions , an ATN Entertainment subsidiary, has signed with Buchwald for representation. Founded by ATN Entertainment owner Jennifer Aurianne DaRe, ATN Productions, which produces scripted, unscripted and animated content, has several projects in development. The company’s slate includes a TV adaptation of YouTube comedy series Panic , which has garnered 700,000+ views, and Whatever After , a modern-day love story told through the lens of fertility, the story first introduced via a New York Times article. Additionally, ATN is producing Wild Response, a docuseries following ex-members of U.S. Special Forces in their mission to save animals, endangered and otherwise, through conservation, community outreach and boots-on-the-ground engagement. ATN Productions recently partnered with Superluna Studios to produce Wild Response with DaRe, ATN client Wil Beaucher, Shane Reynolds and Johnny Gould … [Read more...] about ATN Productions Signs With Buchwald

EXCLUSIVE: IDW Entertainment has 5 series in development with Ánima Studios, Cartoon Network Studios, HBO Max, Universal Content Productions (UCP), Universal International Studios, and Warner Bros. Television. The projects are based on IDW Publishing and Top Shelf Productions (an imprint of IDW) graphic novels and comics. The TV projects are as follows: Dark Spaces: Wildfire (UCP), is a thriller series written by Scott Snyder ( Batman, American Vampire ) with art by Hayden Sherman ( The Few , Wasted Space ). It follows a group of female inmate firefighters deep into the smoldering California hills, where their desperate heist of a burning mansion will lead them to the score of a lifetime…or a deadly trap. The Delicacy (WBTV) is a graphic novel from James Albon ( A Shining Beacon ), about rare and delicious fungi that spell trouble for an ambitious restaurateur. Tulip and his brother Rowan have left the simple comforts of their remote Scottish island … [Read more...] about IDW Sets Five Series In Development Based On Graphic Novels & Comics

Apple TV+ has ordered the six-episode series Land of Women , a dramedy inspired by Sandra Barneda’s best-selling novel of the same name, from executive producer and star Eva Longoria ( Flamin’ Hot , Sylvie’s Love ). Carmen Maura ( Volver , Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ) is set to costar. Created and written by Ramón Campos ( Gran Hotel , Velvet ) and Gema R. Neira ( Now and Then , Velvet ), Land of Women tells the story of Gala (Longoria), a New York empty nester forced to flee her home after her husband implicates the family in financial improprieties. Joining her on the journey are her aging mother Julia (Maura) and her college-age daughter. The three women escape the criminals her now vanished husband is indebted to by moving to the same charming wine town in Northern Spain that Gala’s mother fled 50 years ago, vowing never to return. Starting over with new identities proves complicated while living in a small town where secrets … [Read more...] about Eva Longoria To Star & EP Apple TV+ Series ‘Land Of Women,’ Carmen Maura To Costar