Benderspink Movie Updates

20th Century Fox has made a six-figure deal to acquire Man Alive, an elevated sci-fi spec script by new writer Joe Greenberg.

Disney bought a script by writing team Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek that centers on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan.

Benderspink and Illuminati Entertainment are teaming up to develop at big-screen adaptation of Dreadstar.

Benderspink has teamed with Macmillan Films to develop the science fiction novel Day One by Nate Kenyon.

Universal Pictures has come on to the Blumhouse production Curve starring Julianne Hough.

Relativity has acquired Continuum, a feature pitch that will be written by Greg Russo, based on the Arcana comic book.

New Line has picked up an untitled and top-secret horror pitch from Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, the writers behind the company’s 2009 reboot of Friday the 13th and 2003’s Freddy vs. Jason.

Universal Pictures has optioned Red Queen, a novel by 22-year-old author Victoria Aveyard.

The production companies Broken Road and Benderspink have joined forces to license a movie based on the restaurant franchise Medieval Times.

Burt Wonderstone producers Chris Bender, J.S. Spink and Jake Weiner are teaming up with Ahmet Zappa for Monster X.

Paramount Pictures is buying Agatha, spec screenplay written by Allison Schroeder which has Will Gluck attached to direct.

After scripting Red and seeing it hit as an action comedy built around an aging cast, Jon and Erich Hoeber have been set by Summit Entertainment for another action comedy.

The nascent Arcana/Benderspink comics partnership has brought on Atlas Entertainment to produce a pair of projects -- Kill on Sight and Langley High.

Warner Brothers has acquired screen rights to The Planet Thieves, an upcoming young adult novel by Dan Krokos that will be published next May by Tor/Macmillan.

Voltage Pictures has optioned Alter, a sci-fi spec from John and Thomas Sonntag, and set it up with Benderspink and Stephen L'Heureux.