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EXCLUSIVE: Jackson Pictures & Stampede Ventures have teamed up to land The Debriefing, a spec script by Black Hawk Down scribe Ken Nolan based on the Robert Littell novel. They will fast-track the thriller, and the plan is to get into production next year and the script will be put on submission to directors…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has landed Sharp, an action script set in the world of expert knife fighting by José Padilha & Nicolette Noble that Padilha will direct. Stampede Ventures will produce. Deal is in the seven-figure range. It brings Padilha back to the Netflix fold after a long collaboration on the Narcos and Narcos: M…

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros and Stampede Ventures have set up Frosty the Snowman, a live-action film that will see Aquaman star Jason Momoa voicing the iconic snowman. Jon Berg and Greg Silverman of Stampede produce with Geoff Johns of Madghost, Roy Lee, and Momoa. Berg and Silverman were Warner Bros senior execs who…

EXCLUSIVE: Greg Silverman's Stampede Ventures has teamed with the Winklevoss Twins to produce a feature film adaptation of Bitcoin Billionaires, the bestselling non-fiction book by Ben Mezrich. Silverman and Jon Berg will produce with Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. The Twins began their journey with Mezrich on his…

Former Warner Bros exec and Vertigo Entertainment partner Jonathan Berg has been hired as President of Production at Stampede Ventures, tasked with overseeing day-to-day development and film production at the company run by Greg Silverman and Gideon Yu. The move reunites Silverman and Berg, who worked together at…

Emmy-writing writer Mo Willems is bringing his work to the small screen. In a competitive situation, HBO Max has signed an exclusive, multi-year deal with Willems, establishing the beloved children’s author as HBO Max’s first artist in residence. As part of the two-year deal, HBO Max has acquired streaming rights to…

EXCLUSIVE: Greg Silverman's Stampede Ventures' International Division has partnered with Australian production company KOJO Entertainment to develop a slate of features and TV series geared for the international market. The projects will be fully produced in Australia with a focus on Australian Intellectual Properties…

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Pine is attached to play iconic CBS newsman Walter Cronkite in Newsflash. This is the Ben Jacoby-scripted drama that takes place on November 22, 1963, the day President John F Kennedy was assassinated in Texas. Similar to the cultural atom-splitting moments captured in films like The Social Network, Ne…

Greg Silverman's Stampede and Vertigo Entertainment are teaming on Sunburnt Country, a feature adaptation of the gritty novel by Australian author Gabriel Bergmoser. The book tells the tale of millennial backpackers Maggie and Simon as they go off-roading in the Australian wilderness and stumble upon a reclusive…

EXCLUSIVE: Greg Silverman's Stampede is developing Chris Van Dusen’s children book series If I Built for the big screen, Deadline has learned. The books include such titles as If I Built a Car and If I Built a House. The former won the 2006 E. B. White Read Aloud Award while the latter took the 2013 NEIBA Children's…

EXCLUSIVE: Entertainment media company Stampede, founded by former Warner Bros. Pictures president Greg Silverman, announced today that they are producing the live one-hour special of Mo Willems & the Storytime All-Stars present Don't Let the Pigeon Do Storytime at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts…

EXCLUSIVE: Stampede, the indie media company founded by former Warner Bros Pictures President Greg Silverman, has partnered with veteran reality producer producer Phil Gurin (Singing Bee, Shark Tank) in a non-exclusive agreement to develop new unscripted and alternative programming for a global audience. The…