Greg Nichols: Last News

Netflix has acquired The Poet, a true crime article by Corey Mead that was published by Greg Nichols and Matthew Pearl’s digital magazine and media company, Truly*Adventurous. The streamer has teamed with Stanger Things production company 21 Laps with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen producing the project under the label alongside Pouya Shahbazian.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE:  The sports content studio, Game1 and Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson’s production label West2East Empire are developing Braddock based on Greg Nichols book Striking Gridiron about the 1959 Braddock High School football team.At the time when Pennsylvania found itself in the throes of a crippling steel strike, the Braddock High School football team provided hope to a small downtrodden steel town with their remarkable play and dogged pursuit of the all-time national high school winning streak, under the oversee of Coach Chuck Klausing. Joshua Jackson will star as Coach Chuck Klausing, with Kate Bosworth starring alongside him as his wife, Joann Klausing.

By Peter White