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NRW backs literary adaptations
Kafka, Kehlmann, Roche books head for screenA slew of high-profile literary adaptations are making their way to German screens, among them films based on Franz Kafka's "The Burrow," superstar scribe Daniel Kehlmann's "Ruhm" (Fame), and "Wetlands," the erotically charged bestseller by popular TV personality Charlotte Roche.
Katherine Brooks to jockey 'Freak'
Director set for Gravity Films' biopic of Julie KroneWasikowska in talks for 'Jane Eyre'
Fassbender may also co-star in Fukunaga's adaptationSpielberg, King team on 'Dome'
Duo join forces to bring series to screenFULL COVERAGE
Simon Baker takes a 'Breath'
'Mentalist' star, Johnson will produce adaptationDiBonaventura sets up 'Secret'
Company to produce 'Nicholas Flamel' seriesAurora, Platinum team on 'Nightfall'
Stuart, Rosenberg to produce comic adaptationDisney deals with de la Cruz
Young adult author sets up new novel seriesBavaria adds to 'Prime Numbers'
Based on bestseller, stars Isabella RosselliniGreenfield to helm ‘Something’
Alcon adapting Emily Giffin’s novel for filmNew Regency finds 'Memory'
Chernin wins battle for rights to book seriesPaltrow joins Kidman in 'Girl'
Actress added to 'Danish' adaptationRH book becomes Frears 'Favorite'
Director takes on Raymer memoirProducers enlist for Murphy biopic
Friedman, Rubin to develop 'Bullet''Cry of the Owl' heard at Myriad
Stiles, Considine star in Highsmith adaptationNakata to direct 'Voice From the Stone'
Wheaton adapted cult novel for ZanuckDreamWorks nabs 'Robopocalypse'
Pub house Doubleday acquires joint rightsWalden acquires Berenstain Bears
Shawn Levy to produce live-action family picDreamWorks sets scribe for 'Guardians'
Lindsay-Abaire to adapt Joyce seriesJulia Roberts moves to 'Neighborhood'
Red Om acquires screen rights to bookUnique life for 'Instruments'
Shaye, Lynne team with Constantin on 'Mortal'Ellis a 'Follower' for HBO, Lionsgate
Author to adapt Starr's novel for seriesBurroughs partners with Katalyst
Duo to develop TV projects beyond 'Sellevision'Producers ring in 'Roses'
Spice, Persistent to adapt graphic novel'Little Prince' returns to TV
Classic story set to charm new audiencesKalogridis to adapt 'Ghost in the Shell'
Manga envisioned as 3D live-action filmDreamWorks gets 'Wicked' rights
Benay brothers to adapt young adult book series'Airman' flies to Peacock
Writer to adapt novel for Disney, ImageMoversStuber finds 'American Rust'
'Motorcycle Diaries' duo to write, direct adaptationGotham hits 'Century' mark
Group partners with Atlantyca on filmCBS Films fostering 'Freaky' follow-up
Hach, Rodgers co-wrote teen novelO'Keefe, Staples to adapt 'Apaches'
Project has been in development since 1997Mandalay sprouts 'Horns'
Film unit options rights to upcoming novelDouglas to direct 'Perfect Assassin'
'Orphanage' producers make first pic in EnglishSamuel L. Jackson set for 'Different'
Actor to star in 'Same Kind' adaptationStarz checks out 'Booky'
Trilogy of movies based on children's book seriesColumbia, Mann cop Capa
Duo team on film based on renowned war photogBarrandov flags 'Station' TV series
Studio acquires rights to Downing booksConrad makes dandy deal for 'Candy'
Temple Hill acquires screen rights to bookStephen King chills tube again
'Haven' for E1 on the smallscreenStudio Hamburg, C-Films on 'Train'
Studio teams with film unit on adaptationAronofsky joins with Time for heist pic
Kerry Williamson to write indie thrillerMiramax 'Bitch' slapped
Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers to produce filmUniversal makes 'Wicked' deal
Thompson to adapt first book in Marr's seriesHemingway's 'Feast' heads to screen
Mariel Hemingway captures film, TV rightsLakeshore banks on 'Timbuktu'
Diane English to write, direct adaptationTMG's 'Moby' hooks Hurt, Hawke
Duo to star in TV adaptation of Melville taleFuller, Singer sell NBC on Burroughs
Duo turning 'Sellevision' into comedy for network'Slaughter' heads to bigscreen
Maslansky options Ondaatje novelNikolaj Arcel to take on 'Deadman'
WB, Guillermo del Toro to produce comic adaptationHBO looks to Michigan for 'Middlesex'
Cabler options Detroit-set novel for drama seriesDreamWorks eyes 'Pirate' for Spielberg
Studio acquires film rights to Crichton's bookMirren, Postlethwaite join 'Rock'
Pic stars Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough'Girl' gets whirl as pic
Film to be based on Tish Cohen novel 'Inside'
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