Chernin Entertainment Movie Updates

20th Century Fox has acquired the feature film rights to Michelle Richmond’s upcoming psychological suspense novel.

Paramount Pictures has hired Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith and Harper Dill to co-write an adaptation of the Sweet Valley High book series.

Masi Oka and Chernin Entertainment are producing Fox's adaptation of the Capcom video game.

Horror director Leigh Janiak is tackling three different scripts that could be shot back-to-back-to-back and released one month after another.

T.J. Miller is in final negotiations to join Underwater, Fox and Chernin's action-thriller.

Paramount Pictures and Chernin Entertainment have acquired rights to The Green Hornet.

Fox Animation has acquired the Zita The Spacegirl trilogy of books from award-winning author Ben Hatke for Chernin Entertainment to produce.

Rebecca Ferguson has been cast opposite Hugh Jackman in Fox’s P.T. Barnum musical biopic “The Greatest Showman” as Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind.

20th Century Fox has acquired the rights to turn the musical stage show F***ing Identical Twins into a movie.

Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films has closed a deal to partner with Atari to produce and finance two feature films based on Centipede and Missile Command.

Kill Your Darlings helmer John Krokidas has set his next project, a Columbia-set drama Near Extinct Birds.

Zach Helm has signed on to pen The Mercenary, a true-life thriller for 20th Century Fox, Chernin Entertainment and Epic.

Taraji P. Henson has signed on to star in Fox 2000's Hidden Figures.