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Haifaa Al-Mansour, Saudi Arabia’s first female filmmaker, is adapting the popular young adult novel “The Selection” into a Netflix film.

“The Selection,” written by Kiera Cass, centers on America Singer, a young girl in a dystopian future where she and dozens of other women are relocated to a palace and compete for a prince’s affections. The novel was a critical success that spawned four spin-offs.

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The film will be executive produced by Margaret French Isaac, with Denise Di Novi and Pouya Shahbazian serving as executive producers. Netflix confirmed the news to IndieWire but casting and a release date are still unknown.

“I’m thrilled to be working with the brilliant Haifaa Al-Mansour and our friends at Netflix on this special film,...

Netflix has been doing very well with its crop of YA romance films, with the biggest success being the recent “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” franchise. And it appears the streaming platform isn’t stopping its YA romance wave anytime soon, and the studio has signed one of the best up-and-coming filmmakers to make it happen with the new film, “The Selection.”

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According to Variety, filmmaker Haifaa Al-Mansour has been selected to helm “The Selection,” based on the first book of a popular series by author Kiera Cass.

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In Sight

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is being sought to star in the psychological thriller "In Sight" for Universal Pictures. Craig Zadan and Neil Meron will produce.

Katie Lovejoy ("The Selection") is writing the script, but specifics about the plot have not been revealed. [Source: Deadline]

Kong: Skull Island

John Ortiz ("Furious 6") and Shea Whigham ("Marvel's Agent Carter") have joined the cast of Jordan Vogt-Roberts' "Kong: Skull Island" for Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures.

There's no word on which characters they'll play but will likely join Tom Hiddleston's team of explorers who travel to the mystical island. Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson and John Goodman also star and filming begins this Fall. [Source: Deadline]

Game of Thrones

New Zealand-born actor Joe Naufau ("Spartacus: Vengeance") has booked a multi-episode arc on the upcoming sixth season of HBO's big-budget fantasy series "Game Of Thrones". Character details are being kept under wraps. [Source: Deadline

Twin Peaks

Robert Knepper (""Prison Break,...

Joseph Gordon-Levitt returns to our screens this week with Robert Zemeckis’ The Walk, in which he plays real-life high-wire man Philippe Petit. If producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have their way, he’ll star in a new thriller called In Sight. Katie Lovejoy, who scored the job of adapting Ya novel The Selection for Warner Bros., is writing the script, about which we know... Exactly nothing. Deadline’s report makes no mention of plot details and only offers the genre: psychological thriller. But we’re guessing there was something compelling for Gordon-Levitt to consider it.The project was developed at the producers’ company and then offered to studios, with Sony taking serious interest, but Universal ultimately winning out. Now begins the slog through development, so we may not hear much about this one for a while.Aside from The Walk, Gordon-Levitt will be seen in Jonathan Levine...

Haven

Syfy has officially cancelled its sci-fi series "Haven" after five seasons. The show, which centers on the strange events of a small Maine town, had its fifth season order doubled to twenty six episodes with the second half set to air in October. [Source: The Live Feed]

Miranda's Rights

NBC has handed out a script commitment to legal soap "Miranda's Rights". The story follows 28-year-old Miranda Coale, who, six years after a sex scandal upended her life, gets a shot at redemption when she's hired by a group of millennials at a start-up law firm.

Katie Lovejoy ("The Selection") will pen the script and exec produce alongside John Glenn ("Eagle Eye"). The aim is to do for legal dramas what "Grey's Anatomy" did for medical dramas. [Source: THR]

Doctor Who

In a recent Twitter Q&A session, "Agent Carter" actress Hayley Atwell was asked if she might want to make a guest appearance on "Doctor Who...