Givney’s ‘Jane in Love’ optioned by ‘Little Women’ producer
Rachel Givney’s debut novel Jane in Love (Michael Joseph) has been optioned for film by DiNovi Pictures for Amazon Studios, in a deal brokered by Jerry Kalajian at IPG and...
‘Flames’ to be adapted for screen
Flames, the debut novel by Robbie Arnott (Text), will be developed into a six-part television series with Tasmanian government funding of $20,000. The project, which will be produced by Jungle...
Matt Okine’s debut novel to be adapted for film
Sydney-based production company Aquarius Films has acquired film rights to comedian Matt Okine’s debut novel Being Black 'N Chicken, & Chips (Hachette), reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Principal producer Angie...
‘See What You Made Me Do’ to be developed as TV documentary series
Journalist Jess Hill’s nonfiction book See What You Made Me Do: Power, control and domestic abuse (Black Inc.) will be adapted into a documentary series to air on SBS TV...
John Flanagan’s ‘Ranger’s Apprentice’ to be adapted for film
A film based on YA adventure series ‘Ranger’s Apprentice’ by Australian author John Flanagan (Random House Children’s) has received funding and is expected to begin production in 2020, reports the...
‘Dark Emu’ to be adapted for TV documentary series
Bruce Pascoe’s book Dark Emu (Magabala) will be adapted as a television documentary series by Blackfella Films, a Sydney-based documentary production company founded by Rachel Perkins. Screen Australia has announced...
Book-to-screen adaptations pitched at 2019 Books at MIFF
The 13th annual Books at MIFF (BaM) event, run by Melbourne International Film Festival’s 37º South Market, was held at Melbourne’s Forum Theatre on 1 August. Representatives from publishing and...
Paramount acquires film rights to McKinty’s ‘The Chain’
Paramount Pictures has acquired the film rights to Adrian McKinty’s forthcoming novel The Chain (Hachette, July), reports Deadline. Paramount executive Alex Jackson acquired the rights via Shane Salerno from The...
‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart’ receives Screen Australia funding
A television adaptation of Holly Ringland’s novel The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (Fourth Estate) has received story development funding from Screen Australia. The eight-part series will be produced by...
‘Boy Swallows Universe’ to be adapted for stage in 2020
Queensland Theatre has acquired the stage adaptation rights to Trent Dalton’s bestselling Boy Swallow Universe (Fourth Estate). The adaptation will be produced in partnership with the Brisbane Festival and premiere...
‘Boy Swallows Universe’ to be adapted for TV
Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe (Fourth Estate) will be adapted as an international television drama, reports Deadline Hollywood. Screen rights to Dalton’s bestselling debut, negotiated on behalf of HarperCollins Australia,...
‘Penguin Bloom’ adaptation receives Screen Australia funding
A feature film adaptation of Cameron Bloom and Bradley Trevor Greive's nonfiction book Penguin Bloom (ABC Books) has received production funding from Screen Australia. Set on Sydney's Northern Beaches, Penguin...
Netflix to adapt Dahl classics into animated series
Netflix has secured the rights to adapt many of Roald Dahl's works for screen, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG, Matilda and George’s Marvellous Medicine (all Puffin). It also has plans to create a...
Book-to-screen projects receive Screen Australian funding
Two book-to-film adaptations feature among the projects receiving story development funding from Screen Australia. The projects, and their producers, are: A feature film adaptation of Finding Sanity: John Cade, Lithium and...
Robotham’s ‘The Secrets She Keeps’ to be adapted for TV
Michael Robotham’s thriller The Secrets She Keeps (Hachette) will be adapted into a six-part television miniseries, reports If. Premiering on Channel 10 in 2019, the series will be produced by...
Opening Scene initiative introduces writers to screen producers
The Wheeler Centre and the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) have launched a three-year program to introduce writers to screen producers. The Opening Scene program will connect The Next Chapter...
‘Alice-Miranda’ animated telemovie in production
SLR Productions has commenced production on an animated telemovie based on Jacqueline Harvey's Alice-Miranda (Random House Children's) series of children's books, reports Mediaweek. Originally announced as a TV series comprising...
Ford’s ‘Boys Will Be Boys’ optioned for TV
Clementine Ford's forthcoming Boys Will Be Boys: An Exploration of Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship (Allen & Unwin, October) has been optioned for television by Perth-based production company Metamorflix. Rights were...
Screen rights to ‘The Nowhere Child’ acquired
Australian production company Carver Films and US-based production company Anonymous Content have acquired screen rights to Christian White’s debut thriller The Nowhere Child (Affirm). Carver Films is known for producing...
‘A Ghost in My Suitcase’ adapted for stage
Gabrielle Wang’s novel for younger readers, A Ghost in My Suitcase (Puffin), has been adapted to a theatre production and will premiere at the Playhouse Arts Centre Melbourne from October 18-21...