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James Patterson has made yet another generous donation, this time to Michigan State University. It comes in the form of $60,000 per year in scholarships in the Urban Educators Cohort Program in order to prepare teachers for service in urban areas. The main requirement is that the students choose English or language arts as a […]

Chris Columbus and 1492 Pictures have acquired the rights to John Grisham‘s baseball novel Calico Joe. He plans to both write and direct the film himself.

Tom Holland, who directed the original Fright Night movie, is going to be adapting the Stephen King short story The Ten O’Clock People. Holland has worked with King in the past, having adapted The Langoliers and Thinner.

Amazon has announced that it has purchased Avalon Books, which adds over 3000 romance, mystery and Western titles to its library. Amazon is looking to publish Avalon’s titles under the imprints 47North, Montlake Romance and Thomas & Mercy. You can expect to see Avalon Books available as eBooks in the coming months.

Batman series director Christopher Nolan is interested in directing a James Bond film. This would come no surprise to anyone who has seen Batman Begins, Dark Knight or Inception.

Duncan Jones has signed on to direct the biopic based on the life of Ian Fleming before he ever penned the James Bond series. Jones had this to say about the project, “Fleming lived through one of the most perilous periods in world history, in a position that allowed him a unique vantage point of […]

Cross Creek Pictures is now set to produce and finance Todd Field’s film adaptation of The Creed of Violence, based on the novel by Boston Teran. The novel is set during the Mexican Revolution in 1910, as seen through the eyes of an assassin named Rawbone and a bureau agent named John Lourdes. They’re forced […]

Sherlock Holmes has been declared the most portrayed literary character in television and film, as recognized by the Guinness World Records. Sherlock Holmes has been portrayed 254 times with the next most portrayed character being Shakespeare’s Hamlet at 206 times.

Orion has signed Robert Crais for two more novels, as the author’s eBooks have been selling exceptionally well. Deputy publisher Jon Wood purchased the UK/Commonwealth rights from Caspian Dennis. The novels are set to be released in 2013 and 2014.

TNT is developing 11 new series, the station announced on Wednesday. As you can imagine, several of the shows are related to popular authors.