Warner Bros. and Michael B. Jordan's Outlier Society have acquired film rights to Marlon James's new novel, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, in "the first acquisition since announcing their first-look deal," Deadline reported. James will be an executive producer on the project.
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Water's End Productions has picked up Women in Sunlight by Frances Mayes (Under the Tuscan Sun) to develop as a film, Deadline reported.
"What an exciting opportunity this is to work with the visionaries at Water's End," said Mayes. "Julia, Camille, Susan and their narrator, Kit, will light up the screen with their vibrant passage to Italy."
"Frances Mayes's books transport us not only to foreign destinations, but they also make us feel that we, like her characters, have changed inside," said Water's End founder and principal Tom Dolby. "I'm thrilled to bring not just one, but four multi-faceted female main characters to the screen. Among many of its compelling themes, Women in Sunlight is a story about female friendship, as well as one about throwing out preconceived notions of what it means to get older."