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Oren Moverman To Script Terrorist Hunter Drama For Sony Pictures And Scott Rudin

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday August 9, 2011 @ 5:12pm PDTTags: Jesse Eisenberg, New York Magazine, Oren Moverman, Scott Rudin, Sony Pictures
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Oren Moverman, who wrote and directed the critically acclaimed The Messenger and followed it with the upcoming LAPD cop drama Rampart, is signing to adapt The Terrorist Search Engine for Sony Pictures and producer Scott Rudin. The film was set up recently as a potential star vehicle for Rudin’s The Social Network star Jesse Eisenberg, based on a New York Magazine profile of a baby-faced counter-terrorism expert witness named Evan Kohlmann. Kohlmann was called “the Doogie Howser of terrorism” for his penchant for culling through jihadist videos, communiques and websites to unearth terror threats from all over the globe.

By the time he was 23, Kohlmann’s convincing testimony led to the conviction of nearly two dozen defendants on terrorist charges. The profile, written by Wesley Yang, made clear that even years later, Kohlmann was a controversial figure because he made his living as a convenient witness for government lawyers looking for convictions. Moverman is writing with an eye toward directing, though the studio says that his deal right now is just to turn in a script. WME reps Moverman.

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ICM Notches Two TV Deals For New York Magazine Articles

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday July 27, 2011 @ 4:02pm PDTTags: New York Magazine
Mike Fleming

A month after ICM signed New York Magazine to try and whip up some TV and movie action for the weekly’s feature articles, Sony Television has acquired two articles for potential telepics. Sony optioned: A Serial Killer in Common, about the Long Island serial killer whose victims began being … Read More »

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ICM Signs To Rep New York Magazine Articles For Film And Television

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday June 14, 2011 @ 9:57am PDTTags: Adam Moss, Agency Signing, Grey Gardens, ICM, John Travolta, New York Magazine, Saturday Night Fever, The New York Times
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: After brokering over 30 film and TV option deals for articles from The New York Times since signing the daily as a client, ICM has just signed New York Magazine. It will rep the magazine in all areas to … Read More »

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Frank Rich Leaves New York Times For New York Magazine

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday March 1, 2011 @ 7:28am PSTTags: Adam Moss, Frank Rich, New York Magazine, New York Times
Mike Fleming

The competition for writers between New York Magazine and The New York Times has taken a dramatic turn: New York Magazine editor Adam Moss has poached Frank Rich, the former theater critic who was one of the most important editorial … Read More »

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