Fox teams with The Black List in search for undiscovered TV Drama Writers

According to Deadline.com, “Fox Broadcasting Company has partnered with The Black List to find television drama writers for Fox projects.” Yet another reason to take a chance with The Black List.

WGA Puts Ratification Vote Online

In order to ratify its agreement on a new three-year contract with Motion Pictures and TV Producers, the WGA has put the contract to a vote. Its membership can vote online, in person or by mail. In an email sent out earlier today it read, in part:

“To Our Fellow Members,

We are writing to give you notice of your right to vote on ratification of the 2014 Minimum Basic Agreement. The ratification materials–including a summary of the terms of the agreement and a letter urging ratification from Negotiating Committee Chairs Billy Ray and Chip Johannessen–may be accessed by clicking on the following link: https://eBallot4.votenet.com/wgamba. This year, ballots may be cast online, by mail (for those requesting a paper ballot) or at membership meetings in New York and Los Angeles on April 29, 2014. Please visit the members-only section of the Guilds’ websites for more information: www.wga.org or www.wgaeast.org.” (Source)

According to The Hollywood Reporter Screen Gems has acquired the spec script PADRE by Mike Maples.

From the report: “which is described as being in the tone of No Country for Old Men and A History of Violence. The story centers on a priest with a dark past on a quest for revenge and is set in motion when he’s left for dead by a team of thugs. However, he soon discovers the men are the sheriff's department in the small town where he seeks refuge.”

The deal is reported to be in the high-six figure range.

Justin Marks is adapting the Vertigo Comic book Federal Bureau Of Physics for David Goyer, Deadline.com reports. It will be based on a treatment by Simon Oliver  co-creator (along with Robbi Rodriguez) of the comic. Nellie Reed is also producing with Jon Berg for Warner Bros. “The comic series centers on the Federal Bureau of Physics, a group formed in a world where quantum disturbances happen all the time and must be dealt with.”