‘The Book Ninja’ optioned for film
Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus’ novel The Book Ninja (S&S) has been optioned for film by producers Chris Brown of Pictures in Paradise and Veronica Fury of Fury Film Co....
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...
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...
Film rights to Mostafa’s ‘Offshore’ optioned
Filmmaker Partho Sen-Gupta has optioned the film rights to Joshua Mostafa’s novella Offshore (Seizure). Mostafa was joint winner of Seizure’s seventh annual Viva La Novella competition, with Carly Cappielli for...
‘The Ruin’ to be adapted for film by Colin Farrell’s new production company
A screen adaptation of Dervla McTiernan’s debut crime novel The Ruin (HarperCollins) is in development by a new production company run by Irish actor Colin Farrell, reports Deadline. Farrell’s Chapel...
‘The Girl on the Page’ film rights acquired
Sydney-based production company Causeway Films has acquired the film rights to John Purcell’s The Girl on the Page (HarperCollins), via Simone Camilleri of Green Ink Agency. Set in the UK in the...
‘Half the Perfect World’ to be adapted for film
Cascade Films has acquired the film adaptation rights to Paul Genoni and Tanya Dalziell’s Half the Perfect World: Writers, Dreamers and Drifters on Hydra, 1955–1964 (Monash University Publishing). Half the...
Writers to pitch work for screen adaptation at inaugural SQ/QWC Adaptable Program
Twenty-five writers will pitch their work to film industry figures as part of a new initiative run by Screen Queensland (SQ) and the Queensland Writers Centre (QWC), which aims to...
Winton’s ‘The Riders’ to be adapted for film
Tim Winton’s The Riders (Penguin) will be adapted into a feature film produced by director Ridley Scott’s production company Scott Free, reports Deadline Hollywood. A director for the film is...
Thorne’s ‘The Hating Game’ to be adapted for film; ‘The Simpsons’ producer attached
The Simpsons producer David Mirkin will direct a film adaptation of Sally Thorne’s The Hating Game (Piatkus), reports Deadline. Mirkin’s directing credits include Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion and Heartbreakers. He...
Winton’s ‘Dirt Music’ begins casting, announces locations
Sydney-based production company Aquarius Films has begun casting for the film adaptation of Tim Winton's 2001 novel Dirt Music (Penguin), reports ABC News. Winton's story of 'fragile characters, secrets, strangers and revenge...