Last Looks: Hans Zimmer to Compose HBO’s ‘Harry Potter,’ Anne Hathaway to Star in Paramount+ Series

The Dailies

The Dailies reports on the latest in development, greenlights, renewals, and cancellations.

Hans Zimmer

Film Development 🗒️

• Studiocanal’s ‘Elsinore’ added Billie Piper, Johnny Flynn, Joe Locke and more to its cast as the feature film began shooting in the UK. (more)
• Spike Fearn is set to star in Apple’s ‘Running,’ directed by Gavin O’Connor. (more)
• Michelle Williams joins Damien Chazelle’s next film, starring alongside Cillian Murphy and Daniel Craig. (more)
• ‘An Ode to Mary Jo’ will star Rhiannon Giddens opposite Ed Helms in the indie drama marking Justin Liberman’s feature directorial debut. (more)
• ‘The Brotherhood’ is in the works at Netflix, with ‘Wasteman’ director Cal McMau set to direct the true-crime feature. (more)
• Nicolas Cage and Justin Long are starring in the small-town diner action thriller ‘Best Pancakes in the County.’ (more)
• Netflix acquisition picked up action-thriller ‘The Cage,’ with Jaume Collet-Serra set to direct the spec from Chris Grillot and Malcolm Badewitz. (more)
• Giuseppe Tornatore is set to direct ‘The First Dollar,’ a biopic of Bank of America founder Amedeo Peter Giannini. (more)
• Halina Reijn is reteaming with A24 to write and direct 'Please,’ which will mark Grammy nominee Gracie Abrams’ acting debut. (more)
• Michael Angelo Covino will direct Netflix comedy ‘The Last Fix,’ his follow-up to ‘Splitsville.’ (more)
• Glen Powell is teaming with Sam Esmail on Amazon MGM sci-fi mystery ‘Tesseract,’ which Esmail wrote and will direct. (more)
• Cate Blanchett will reprise her role as Valka in the live-action sequel ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2.’ (more)
• Adria Arjona and Kingsley Ben-Adir are set to star in Sarah-Violet Bliss’ erotic thriller ‘Scorn,’ now gearing up to shoot in the U.K. (more)
• Taylor Kitsch and Diego Luna lead prison-siege thriller ‘Eleven Days,’ which is heading to EFM with new sales outfit Lucky Number 8 Media. (more)

TV Development 📺

• ‘Backyard Sports’ unveiled a first look at its new animated TV special starring Pablo Sanchez and the gang, set to debut on YouTube later this month. (more)
• ‘UpDating’ is being adapted into a TV and streaming series by ITV America, bringing the viral live comedy dating show to the small screen. (more)
• ‘Alex Delaware’ crime novels are being adapted into a TV series at Amazon MGM Studios. (more)
• ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ named ‘Severance’ writer Anna Ouyang Moench as showrunner for S2 at Prime Video. (more)
• ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’  is heading to TV with Sky ordering an eight-episode series adaptation. (more)
• Hans Zimmer will compose the original score for HBO’s ‘Harry Potter,’ with Bleeding Fingers Music scoring the upcoming series. (more)
• NBC ordered a crime drama pilot inspired by profiler Ann Burgess, whose work also influenced ‘Mindhunter.’ (more)
• Anne Hathaway will star in and executive produce Paramount+’s six-part limited series ‘Fear Not,’ based on a Vanity Fair true-crime story. (more)
• Amazon Prime Video ordered animated comedy ‘Odd Jobs,’ from ‘Solar Opposites’ creators Mike McMahan and Dominic Dierkes. (more)
• Dakota Fanning will star in and executive produce a new Apple TV thriller series from Alex Cary and Sony Pictures TV. (more)

Business 🤝

• Shane Gillis and John McKeever signed an overall deal with Netflix as production kicks off on S3 of ‘Tires.’ (more)
• Chris Van Dusen signed an overall deal with Netflix, expanding his partnership with the streamer behind ‘Bridgerton.’ (more)
• 50 Cent studios G-Unit Film & Television is investing $124M in new production facilities in Louisiana. (more)
• Disney+ struck a two-year first-look pact with Stephen Graham and Hannah Walters’ Matriarch Productions. (more)
• Issa Rae set a three-year first-look film and TV producing deal with Paramount, following her eight-figure WarnerMedia pact. (more)
• Legendary Entertainment sold a $150M stake to Japan’s TBS at a $4B+ valuation to develop Japanese IP for global film and TV. (more)

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