EXCLUSIVE: Let the Mists roll in — Netflix is developing Ravenloft, a live-action series based on the popular gothic horror setting of Dungeons & Dragons. The drama comes from writer/executive producer John August, executive producer Alfonso Cuarón and Hasbro Entertainment. This is a new…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures is excited for screenwriter John August’s graphic-novel retelling of “Little Red Riding Hood,” Wolf’s Belly, and beat several studios for the IP including Amazon, we understand. August will adapt his work for the big screen, with four-time Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón…

Like the DGA, the Writers Guild of America West doesn’t seem inclined to accept longer contract cycles with the major studios any time soon. “I think, in this period of significant change, the notion of talking less or putting more years in between when the companies address changes and the…

EXCLUSIVE: Laika has signed Corpse Bride, Frankenweenie and Aladdin screenwriter John August to write an untitled stop-motion animated film to be directed by Pete Candeland. The signing was announced during the Annecy International Animation Film Festival by Laika President and CEO Travis…

The new WGA-AMPTP deal is months old but the AI battle is far from over, according to union negotiator John August. August was speaking on an AVPSummit panel showcasing several AI-generated videos and images that he said represents a grave threat, even after the WGA was able to secure AI…

It was musical Monday for WGA picketers on day 56 of the Writers Guild strike, with Death Row Records representing in front of Sunset Bronson Studios, site of one of Netflix’s many Los Angeles-based offices. Death Row boss and WGA supporter Snoop Dogg was unable to attend today due to prior…

Deadline’s Strike Talk podcast is now at Week 8, as we complete a stretch in which the standoff between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers passed the 50-day mark, halfway to the 100-day dispute that decimated Hollywood in 2007 and the 253-day…

The WGA West on Saturday will hold its first membership meeting to discuss its upcoming negotiations with the AMPTP for a new film and TV contract. Two other membership meetings are scheduled in Los Angeles later this month, and one will be held in New York. John August, a member of the WGA…

EXCLUSIVE: The debate has begun over a WGA referendum that would give screen credits to hundreds of feature film writers who currently aren't eligible to receive them. The referendum would authorize the use of an “Additional Literary Material” credit for all “participating writers” who work – sometimes for many…

EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Tony nominated director Alex Timbers is closed to direct a feature musical adaptation of the Harper Collins Michael Morpurgo book Toto: The Dog-Gone Amazing Story of the Wizard of Oz for Warner Bros.. John August penned the script which is loosely based on the book, which tells the story of The…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has made a deal with Ryan Reynolds and John August to co-write Upstate, an original feature comedy that is eyed as a star vehicle for Reynolds. The project reunites Reynolds and August, who last worked together on 2007's The Nines. They are keeping plot under wraps. Reynolds and August will be…

EXCLUSIVE: Aladdin screenwriter John August has been set to write Toto, an animated musical for the Warner Animation Group. Pic is based on the book Toto: The Dog-Gone Amazing Story of the Wizard of Oz, written by Michael Morpurgo and illustrated by Emma Chichester. Jared Stern's A Stern Talking To is attached to…