Producer Molly Conners’ indie production company Phiphen (Netflix’s Like Father) has optioned the rights to the bestselling thriller novel Tell Me What You Did. It follows a crime podcaster whose show is built on anonymous confessions, until one caller admits to a murder incredibly close to home.
Greg Vrotsos’ (Orange is the New Black) feature directorial debut Situations gets picked up by Circle Collective (film distribution agency). The film follows a photographer in L.A., drifting through Silver Lake after a painful breakup. Vrotsos will also star in the film that he called his “ love letter to Los Angeles”.
You Had To Be There: How The Toronto Godspell Ignited The Comedy Revolution…, a documentary on the iconic 1972 Toronto production of the musical Godspell, is acquired by Greenwich Entertainment (Coup!). The film will examine how the Toronto production came to be and how every performer went on to have a huge career in entertainment: Gilda Radner, Eugene Levy, Martin Short, Andrea Martin, and Victor Garber.
Brent Pella, an American stand-up comedian, is making his feature directorial debut with Peaking. Also written by Pella, the film will follow a couple’s attempts to reignite their relationship by searching for a threesome at a music festival. Pella will star in the film alongside Nikki Howard (American Crime Story) and Lil Rel Howery (Get Out).
American Doctor is acquired by Watermelon Pictures (From Ground Zero). The feature documentary follows three U.S. doctors who volunteered to treat wounded Palestinian children in Gaza. It was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize in the Documentary section at Sundance.
For Canal+ Kim, The Diamond, and the Grandpa Robbers is a new crime doc recounting the Kardashians’ terrifying robbery during Paris Fashion Week. From Pernel Media (The Au Pair), the four-part doc will look at how the robbers pulled off a multimillion-dollar heist during the busiest time of the fashion year.
Iconic French Chef Bernard Loiseau, the inspiration for Chef Auguste Gusteau in Pixar’s Ratatouille (2007), is getting a biopic. The untitled film will be written and directed by Thomas Lilti (Dir: Canal+’s Hippocrate) and will follow Loiseau’s career as he became one of the most famous chefs in the world.
Canada’s CBC and BBC Northern Ireland greenlight comedy series Committed. Starring Dustin Milligan (Schitt’s Creek) and Diona Doherty (Derry Girls), the ten-part comedy series will follow a divorced accountant, Peter (Milligan), who falls in love with a Northern Irish woman, Julie (Doherty).