Rob Turbovsky and Matteo Borghese will write the script. Powerhouse producers Dylan Clark, Paul Feig and Sam Esmail have teamed up for False Alarm, a comedy newly set up at Universal Pictures.

Universal’s feature adaptation of the Broadway smash Wicked will open on Wednesday Dec. 22, 2021, the studio announced this morning. Originally the musical was dated for Dec. 20, 2019, however, Tom Hooper’s Cats took over that date, and Wicked changed up its production schedule. Stephen Daldry directs and Marc Platt (Into the Woods, Bridge of Spies) produces. Wicked is based on the three-time Tony Award-winning musical, adapted from Gregory Maguire’s bestselling novel by book writer Winnie Holzman with music by Godspell and Pippin maestro Stephen Schwartz. They are all working on the screenplay adaptation. Wicked tells the story of the witches of Oz before Dorothy dropped in.

EXCLUSIVE: Screenwriter and author Jonathan Stokes has been tapped to rewrite Universal’s Untitled Genghis Khan Project. The idea for the project was presented by ImageMovers, Seven Bucks Productions and Evan Spiliotopoulos, who wrote an earlier draft of the film.

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures and Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video have purchased the feature rights to The Operator: Firing The Shots That Killed Osama Bin Laden And My Years As A SEAL Team Warrior. The film is based on the biography by former Navy SEAL Rob O’Neill, who revealed in the book that he was the SEAL who killed 9/11 terror attack mastermind Osama Bin Laden. Writing the script is Michael Russell Gunn, who is a supervising producer on Showtime’s Billions.

The first project out of the new pact with the 14-year-old actress will be 'StepMonster' in which Martin will also star. Marsai Martin, known for her breakout role on ABC's 'Black-ish,' and her Genius Productions company have signed a first-look production deal with Universal. She also stars in the upcoming feature Little.