Skydance has acquired the rights to Mickey Spillane’s and Max Allan Collins’ Mike Hammer franchise with plans to develop and produce the bestselling book series into a feature film based on the ico…
was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registryby the Library of Congress.
The character has not had a chance for any feature film treatment due to long-winded rights dispute. When Spillane passed away in 2006, which came one month after the death of his manager, Jay Bernstein. Bernstein’s estate claimed ownership of the Hammer character. Levin spent several years in court, before the rights to Spillane’s work came back to the author’s estate and a clear title could be delivered for a movie deal.
Casady & Forkner are also teamed to produce another adaptation that stars an iconic literary character, Tom Ripley, in Netflix’s upcoming series based on Patricia Highsmith’sMust Read Stories
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