Sunswept Entertainment Movie Updates

Fox 2000 has acquired rights to the upcoming novel from writer-director Walt Becker, the YA fantasy Charlie Paris And The Young Ambassadors.

Summit Entertainment has acquired the rights to Dork Diaries, a humorous book series written by Rachel Renee Russell.

Boaz Yakin has been set to direct Max, an original family adventure film that will begin production March 1.

Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber have been set by MGM to adapt the Jojo Moyes best-selling novel Me Before You.

The Mud star would join Keanu Reeves in Brian Kirk's sci-fi love story Passengers.

With his adaptation of The Reluctant Fundamentalist set to open Venice later this month, scribe Bill Wheeler has been tapped to adapt Bryan Christy's nonfiction tome The Lizard King for Fox 2000.

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson helmer Alex Timbers is in final negotiations to make his feature directorial debut with MGM's Heck, based on Random House's bestselling children's book series by Dale E. Basye.

In a deal that's high six-figure against 7-figures, Fox 2000 has acquired Pure, the first of a three-novel series by Julianna Baggott.