Mike Nichols will direct Patricia Highsmith 1957 novel, Deep Water, to be adapted by Joe Penhall (The Road), according to Variety.
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Screen Gems acquired the film rights to Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by comedian Steve Harvey. Variety reported that company president Clint Culpepper said: "Steve has always provided an easily relatable perspective on men, the way they view women and their seemingly complex but surprisingly simple emotional needs."
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There will be a new adaptation of the 1902 novel Brewster's Millions by George Barr McCutcheon, which "has proved to be a popular film subject, with this project being the eighth incarnation," according to the Hollywood Reporter. Michael Diliberti and Matthew Sullivan are writing the script for Warner Bros.