Newsweek Enters Into Hollywood Development Deal
Magazine writers are already in touch with their new west coast partner about possible project material
“This is not your grandmother’s Newsweek.”
So says Aspire Entertainment chief content officer Teri Flynn to Variety reporter Brent Lang, framing his company’s decision to partner with the resuscitated magazine for a two-year development deal for potential film, TV and Web source material. From Lang’s item:
The deal makes sense. Aspire’s chief producer Mark Ciardi has frequently drawn on true stories for previous films such as Million Dollar Arm with Jon Hamm and Miracle with Kurt Russell.
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