20th Century Fox just picked up the film rights to author Stuart Gibbs‘ book series Spy School and they plan on adapting it into a feature film franchise. Gibbs is set to write the script for the film, which will be based on the first novel in the series. Here’s the description of the story that it tells:
Ben Ripley may only be in middle school, but he’s already pegged his dream job: C.I.A. or bust. Unfortunately for him, his personality doesn’t exactly scream “secret agent.” In fact, Ben is so awkward, he can barely get to school and back without a mishap. Because of his innate nerdiness, Ben is not surprised when he is recruited for a magnet school with a focus on science—but he’s entirely shocked to discover that the school is actually a front for a junior C.I.A. academy. Could the C.
Ben Ripley may only be in middle school, but he’s already pegged his dream job: C.I.A. or bust. Unfortunately for him, his personality doesn’t exactly scream “secret agent.” In fact, Ben is so awkward, he can barely get to school and back without a mishap. Because of his innate nerdiness, Ben is not surprised when he is recruited for a magnet school with a focus on science—but he’s entirely shocked to discover that the school is actually a front for a junior C.I.A. academy. Could the C.
- 10/10/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
In today’s film news roundup, surfing documentary “Momentum Generation” heads to HBO, Fox sets up “Spy School” and Jack Whitehall is hosting the Britannia Awards.
Acquisition
HBO has acquired the U.S. and Canada television rights to Jeff and Michael Zimbalist’s surfing documentary film “Momentum Generation,” which Robert Redford executive produced.
The film made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York earlier this year where it won an Audience Award. Justine Chiara, Lizzie Friedman, Tina Elmo, and Colby Gottert produced. The Zimbalists also wrote and produced via their company All Rise Films.
Redford exec produced through Sundance Productions with Laura Michalchyshyn alongside Karen Lauder and Greg Little of Priority Pictures. Priority Pictures also financed the project. The documentary will debut on Dec. 11 on HBO.
“Momentum Generation” will also be available on HBO Now, HBO Go, HBO On Demand and partners’ streaming platforms. Universal Pictures...
Acquisition
HBO has acquired the U.S. and Canada television rights to Jeff and Michael Zimbalist’s surfing documentary film “Momentum Generation,” which Robert Redford executive produced.
The film made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York earlier this year where it won an Audience Award. Justine Chiara, Lizzie Friedman, Tina Elmo, and Colby Gottert produced. The Zimbalists also wrote and produced via their company All Rise Films.
Redford exec produced through Sundance Productions with Laura Michalchyshyn alongside Karen Lauder and Greg Little of Priority Pictures. Priority Pictures also financed the project. The documentary will debut on Dec. 11 on HBO.
“Momentum Generation” will also be available on HBO Now, HBO Go, HBO On Demand and partners’ streaming platforms. Universal Pictures...
- 10/5/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: 20th Century Fox has optioned the New York Times‘ best-selling series Spy School by Stuart Gibbs and set the author attached to write the screenplay based on the first title in the series.
“Fox bought my first two scripts and gave me my first overall deal when I was starting out as a writer,” Gibbs said. “They have always shown such a strong commitment to adapting great books into great family movies. So I am very excited to be working with them again, and I think this is the perfect studio to adapt Spy School.”
With more than a million copies sold and translated into a dozen languages, Spy School follows middle schooler Ben Ripley, who dreams of becoming a CIA agent. Even though he is awkward and accident prone, he is brilliant and recruited for a magnet school with a focus on science that actually is a front for a junior CIA academy.
“Fox bought my first two scripts and gave me my first overall deal when I was starting out as a writer,” Gibbs said. “They have always shown such a strong commitment to adapting great books into great family movies. So I am very excited to be working with them again, and I think this is the perfect studio to adapt Spy School.”
With more than a million copies sold and translated into a dozen languages, Spy School follows middle schooler Ben Ripley, who dreams of becoming a CIA agent. Even though he is awkward and accident prone, he is brilliant and recruited for a magnet school with a focus on science that actually is a front for a junior CIA academy.
- 10/4/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Suzanne Patmore Gibbs, a widely respected TV development executive who shepherded “Grey’s Anatomy” during her time at ABC and most recently headed Sony Pictures TV’s TriStar TV banner, died Thursday after complications from minor surgery. She was 50.
Patmore Gibbs died early Thursday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
“All of us at Sony Pictures Television were touched by Suzanne’s passion and friendship. She was a wonderful colleague and friend to all who worked with her,” Sony TV chiefs Jeff Frost, Chris Parnell and Jason Clodfelter said in a memo to Sony staffers. “She will be greatly missed and our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends during this difficult time.”
Patmore Gibbs had not been known to be facing health problems. Frost, Parnell and Clodfelter said in the memo that the news of her death was “a shock to all of us and we are heartbroken.”
Patmore...
Patmore Gibbs died early Thursday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
“All of us at Sony Pictures Television were touched by Suzanne’s passion and friendship. She was a wonderful colleague and friend to all who worked with her,” Sony TV chiefs Jeff Frost, Chris Parnell and Jason Clodfelter said in a memo to Sony staffers. “She will be greatly missed and our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends during this difficult time.”
Patmore Gibbs had not been known to be facing health problems. Frost, Parnell and Clodfelter said in the memo that the news of her death was “a shock to all of us and we are heartbroken.”
Patmore...
- 3/29/2018
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
London, Dec mber 27: A UK man has been jailed after police found a text message he sent two hours before trying to break into a house which read: 'I've told you 20 times - don't ring me when I'm out robbing'.
Dozy Stuart Gibbs was caught hiding in a shed behind the house in Leicester after a vigilant resident contacted police when she saw two men acting suspiciously in a neighbour's garden.
Officers found the incriminating message, which had been sent earlier that day, when they checked his phone after he was discovered, the Daily Mail reported.
Cops who arrived at the house in the Belgrave area of the city, which belonged to.
Dozy Stuart Gibbs was caught hiding in a shed behind the house in Leicester after a vigilant resident contacted police when she saw two men acting suspiciously in a neighbour's garden.
Officers found the incriminating message, which had been sent earlier that day, when they checked his phone after he was discovered, the Daily Mail reported.
Cops who arrived at the house in the Belgrave area of the city, which belonged to.
- 12/27/2012
- by Ketali Mehta
- RealBollywood.com
- Sensing that their is money to be made in historical/secret code deciphering a la The Da Vinci Code and National Treasure, Lionsgate are banking on the theories of the late Albert Einstein to bankroll the next moneymaker. After securing the rights to a possible Einstein biopic, the company has now acquired film rights to The Last Equation - the debut novel by screenwriter Stuart Gibbs. The novel is about the mystery surrounding Albert Einstein’s last equation which he named Pandora. The Pandora equation had the potential to solve the world’s energy problems but Einstein either hid or destroyed the equation before his death. The story, set in the present day, follows a fugitive criminal and mathematical genius enlisted by the Us government to find the equation before it falls into the wrong hands....
- 3/28/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
Lionsgate has acquired the film rights to "The Last Equation", the debut novel by screenwriter Stuart Gibbs.
The story follows the mystery surrounding Pandora, Albert Einstein's last equation. It had the potential to solve the world's energy problems, but it so drastically simplified the process of harnessing atomic energy that it essentially made it possible for anyone to create atomic weaponry. Because of the risks, Einstein either hid or destroyed the equation before his death.
"Equation" takes place in the present day as the government is forced to enlist the help of a fugitive criminal and mathematical genius to find the equation before it falls into the wrong hands.
Lionsgate vp production Jim Miller brought the "Equation" manuscript to the company and will oversee the production. Miller joined Lionsgate in February from Lionsgate-owned Mandate Pictures, where he was responsible for finding and overseeing projects including "Juno".
"Stuart Gibbs has written a novel that has everything you need for a first-rate action-thriller, starting with an ingenious premise about a mathematical formula that could either save the world or destroy it," Lionsgate president of film production Mike Paseornek said.
The story follows the mystery surrounding Pandora, Albert Einstein's last equation. It had the potential to solve the world's energy problems, but it so drastically simplified the process of harnessing atomic energy that it essentially made it possible for anyone to create atomic weaponry. Because of the risks, Einstein either hid or destroyed the equation before his death.
"Equation" takes place in the present day as the government is forced to enlist the help of a fugitive criminal and mathematical genius to find the equation before it falls into the wrong hands.
Lionsgate vp production Jim Miller brought the "Equation" manuscript to the company and will oversee the production. Miller joined Lionsgate in February from Lionsgate-owned Mandate Pictures, where he was responsible for finding and overseeing projects including "Juno".
"Stuart Gibbs has written a novel that has everything you need for a first-rate action-thriller, starting with an ingenious premise about a mathematical formula that could either save the world or destroy it," Lionsgate president of film production Mike Paseornek said.
- 3/27/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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