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FremantleMedia & Craig Pearce To Develop Joan Of Arc Novel ‘The Maid’ Into TV Series

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday December 17, 2012 @ 9:41am PSTTags: Craig Pearce, FremantleMedia
Nellie Andreeva

December 17, 2012 – FremantleMedia has finalized a deal with writer Craig Pearce to develop the New York Times bestseller The Maid into a television drama series for international audiences. The as yet untitled series will be executive produced by Pukeko Pictures, the  television company co-founded by Richard Taylor, head of Weta Workshop; and written by Craig Pearce, whose credits include co-writing with Baz Luhrmann Romeo + Juliet, the Oscar-winning Moulin Rouge, and the upcoming The Great Gatsby, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire. This is the first project to come out of the Pukeko Pictures / FremantleMedia partnership announced earlier this year.

The Maid is the bestselling novel by Kimberley Cutter and tells the tale of Joan of Arc, a peasant girl who believes she is sent by God to save France. This story of Joan, the girl, is a new and gripping take on how a farmer’s daughter sought escape from her own personal oppression to lead thousands of French fighters against a brutal and prolonged English invasion.  The series will breathe life into the action-packed final years of the Hundred Years War by chronicling them from not only Joan’s perspective but also those of the international noble houses that battled for control of the French throne and ultimately, the birth of a nation.

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Ben Affleck Circling Big ‘Great Gatsby’ Role

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday April 7, 2011 @ 6:05pm PDTTags: Baz Luhrmann, Ben Affleck, Bruce Dern, Carey Mulligan, Catherine Knapman, Catherine Martin, Craig Pearce, Doug Wick, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lucy Fisher, The Great Gatsby, Tobey Maguire
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Ben Affleck is in talks to play the role of Tom Buchanan in The Great Gatsby, the Baz Luhrmann-directed 3D adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald literary classic at Warner Bros. Now, Affleck will have to work to fit … Read More »

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Warner Bros Nearing Deal To Acquire Baz Luhrmann’s ‘The Great Gatsby’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday February 9, 2011 @ 3:32pm PSTTags: Baz Luhrmann, Carey Mulligan, Catherine Knapman, Catherine Martin, Craig Pearce, Doug Wick, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lucy Fisher, Tobey Maguire, Warner Bros
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: While James Bond has gotten the lion’s share of attention from studios this week, Jay Gatsby has also been making a stir around town. I’m told Warner Bros has emerged as the clear frontrunner to finance and take worldwide … Read More »

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Baz Casting Wider Daisy Net For ‘Gatsby’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday November 1, 2010 @ 11:28am PDTTags: Abbie Cornish, Amanda Seyfried, Baz Luhrmann, Baz Luhrmann The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann Workshops The Great Gatsby, Blake Lively, Craig Pearce, Keira Knightley, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michelle Williams, Movie Casting, Movies, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, The Great Gatsby, The Great Gatsby Casting, The Great Gatsby Daisy Buchanan
Mike Fleming

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Baz Luhrmann Workshops ‘The Great Gatsby’ In New York

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday October 18, 2010 @ 5:23pm PDTTags: Baz Luhrmann, Baz Luhrmann The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann Workshops The Great Gatsby, Craig Pearce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Leonardo DiCaprio, Movie Deals, Movies, Rebecca Hall, Sony Pictures Entertainment, The Great Gatsby, Tobey Maguire
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: While Baz Luhrmann hasn’t settled on whether he’ll make The Great Gatsby his next film, he workshopped the adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel that he wrote with … Read More »

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