• Brad Pitt’s production house Plan B and Paramount have acquired the rights to develop a big-screen version of “Miki Falls,” a manga series created by Mark Crilley. The story centers on a high school senior who tries everything in his power to befriend a new student. (Variety)

• Variety reports producer Oren Segal has acquired Lisa Lerner's debut novel "Just Like Beauty" for screenwriter Nick Pustay to adapt. The story of the book is set in the future and focuses on a young girl who competes in a beauty pageant to please her mother.

• Steve Railsback will develop a film based on a script by his late brother Philip Railsback, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The project is entitled "Barstow," a drama that follows three characters who live in a small town. Railsback also wrote Universal's upcoming drama "Flash of Genius," which stars Greg Kinnear and Lauren Graham.

• Joblo (via Eurogamer) reports id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead said screenwriter Roger Avary is currently working on the script for "Return to Castle Wolfenstein," the big-screen adaptation of the popular video game. Hollenshead said the writers' strike delayed Avary's work. Avary won an Oscar for writing "Pulp Fiction" with Quentin Tarantino.