Tracking Board’s Daily Briefing (5.24.16)

Here are the top entertainment news stories you need to start your day.

Pitch Perfect Star Brittany Snow Gets Familiar With Rom-Com Platonic

Snow, best known for her role in the hit musicals Pitch Perfect and Pitch Perfect 2, is set to star in and produce the romantic comedy with Cranium Entertainment and Eclectic Pictures.

Read more about her new project here.

Shondaland & Fox 2000 In Talks To Bring Dare Divas To Big Screen

Fox 2000 is in talks to acquire the life rights to Dare Divas, a group of women inspiring the internet by living life to the fullest. Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers are in talks to produce through their banner Shondaland.

Read more about Shonda Rhimes’s latest venture here.

Oxygen Greenlights Transgender Series Strut From Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg’s executive produced Strut has been picked up to series by Oxygen Media. The series follows fashion models working with Slay Model Management, the world’s first exclusive transgender modeling agency.

Read more about the series here.

New Animated Garfield Movie Purring At Alcon Entertainment

Despite his ill-willed feelings about Mondays, today is a good day for Garfield. Alcon Entertainment has wrangled the rights to the lasagna-loving feline and is developing a CG animated feature of the classic comic strip.

Read more about the upcoming adaptation here.

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