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A24 and Square Peg are negotiating for rights to Emma Cline's novel "The Guest." Sadie Sink is in talks to star and produce, and Lorene Scafaria is in talks to direct. Deadline reports that around 12 other buyers were in the mix. Sink reportedly moved fast when the rights came to market over the summer. The novel follows a calculating grifter drifting through a Hamptons summer. Sink recently played Jean Grey in "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" and returns in the upcoming "X-Men."

Sony Pictures has hired Fede Goldenberg, YouTube's head of TV and film content partnerships, to run Screen Gems. He replaces Ashley Brucks, president since 2023, who moves into a producing role. Screen Gems will keep making traditional genre films and add theatrical projects from "digital-native" creators. The move follows creator-driven hits like Curry Barker's "Obsession," Kane Parsons' "Backrooms" and Markiplier's "Iron Lung." Goldenberg spent 15 years at YouTube and helped drive the "Iron Lung" digital release. He reports to Sanford Panitch.

Under Skydance's new leadership team, George Cheeks and JB Perrette will co-chair Skydance TV. It is the only pairing that mixes Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery executives. The unit spans three TV studios, CBS and about 30 basic cable networks. Cheeks becomes Chief Content Officer, a creative title after years as the business partner. Perrette, as Chief Business Officer, will oversee ad sales, distribution, content sales and international operations. Deadline notes that linear and streaming deals are increasingly bundled, which this structure should help manage.

FX has ordered a crime drama pilot starring Havana Rose Liu, shooting in Bangkok later this month. It's based on an original story by Wong Kar Wai. Liu plays a petty criminal who inherits a share in a mysterious, powerful corporation and faces a ruthless elite. Hiro Murai directs from a script by Charles Yu and Julia Cho. Murai recently became the first Asian director to win the Comedy Directing Emmy, for "Widow's Bay." It comes from FX Productions and Searchlight Television.

Variety reports that Jac Schaeffer is developing a new "Stargate" series for Amazon MGM Studios under her overall deal there. A writers' room is expected to open in the near future. Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell of Safehouse Pictures will executive produce with her. This is Amazon's second try, since a version from Martin Gero did not move forward. Schaeffer created "WandaVision" and showran "Agatha All Along." Reps for Amazon and Schaeffer declined to comment.

Black Bear has picked up domestic rights to MRC's "Honeymoon / Funeral," shopped at the new film market at the Toronto International Film Festival. Rebecca Ferguson and Greta Lee play two women who meet on a flight from L.A. to London and spend a week together. Carrie Coon also stars. Nahnatchka Khan directs from a screenplay by Julia Bicknell. The film wrapped in London in September 2026 and is in post-production. FilmNation is handling worldwide sales.