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| David Yates on board for big screen 'Doctor Who' Posted: 14 Nov 2011 07:07 PM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Fresh off the monster success of Harry Potter, director David Yates is turning his attention to another British icon, Doctor Who. Yates is developing a big screen version of the cult science fiction series for BBC Worldwide. He would direct the film. A BBC Worldwide spokeswoman described the project as being in the ''early stages.'' A script still needs to be written and there's no actors attached. Jane Tranter, Executive Vice President of the BBC's Programming and Production, and Jane Gardner, who runs BBC's scripted division, will produce the film. The long-running series centers on a time traveling, humanoid alien named the Doctor. The Doctor has been played by 11 actors over the years, ranging from David Tennant to Christopher Eccleston, and the switch to different doctors is written into the series as part of the character's regeneration. Matt Smith is the most recent actor to play the part. Yates got his start directing acclaimed BBC mini-series such as ''State of Play'' and ''Sex Traffic.'' He went on to direct four of the eight Potter movies, including the two-part finale ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.'' Variety first reported Yates' involvement. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Sony picks up novel Q for David Gordon Green Posted: 14 Nov 2011 07:04 PM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Columbia Pictures is in final negotiations to acquire the film rights to Evan Mandery's romantic novel ''Q,'' and will put the ''Pineapple Express'' team of writer/director David Gordon Green and producer Matt Tolmach in charge of the project, an individual close to the studio said. The Harper Collins novel focuses on a man who is visited by a future version of himself and talked out of marrying the love of his life - a mistake he tries to undo. Pouya Shahbazian will produce the film with Tolmach. Robert Kessel and Kate Checci, who came with the idea for film adaptation, who will also work on developing the project. Andrea Giannetti is overseeing ''Q'' for Columbia Pictures along with Hannah Minghella. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
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