- DeadlineDeadline4h
- DeadlineDeadline5h
- MovieWebMovieWeb8h
- CinemaBlendCinemaBlend8h
- MovieWebMovieWeb9h
- Digital TrendsDigital Trends10h
- Consequence of SoundConsequence of Sound10h
- DeadlineDeadline10h
- ComicBook.comComicBook.com10h
- Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter10h
- ComingSoon.netComingSoon.net11h
- GeekTyrantGeekTyrant12h
- Heroic HollywoodHeroic Hollywood13h
- GeekTyrantGeekTyrant14h
- VultureVulture14h
- ComingSoon.netComingSoon.net15h
- GeekTyrantGeekTyrant17h
- CinemaBlendCinemaBlend18h
- ComicBook.comComicBook.com19h
- ScreenCrushScreenCrush19h
- ComicBook.comComicBook.com20h
- VarietyVariety20h
- ComingSoon.netComingSoon.net1d
- ComicBook.comComicBook.com1d
- MovieWebMovieWeb1d
- ComicBook.comComicBook.com1d
- MovieWebMovieWeb1d
- CinemaBlendCinemaBlend1d
- SlashFilmSlashFilm1d
- CinemaBlendCinemaBlend1d
Apple Makes Big Deal For Eliot Ackerman Novel ‘Sheepdogs;’ Paramilitary Tale Mounted For Series By Playtone’s Tom Hanks & Gary Goetzman
DeadlineStory by Mike Fleming
scrn logline
Apple Studios snaps up high-profile Elliot Ackerman novel 'Sheepdogs' for a TV series from Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman's Playtone
beat sheet
- Apple shelled out near 7-figures for the publishing rights to 'Sheepdogs,' Ackerman's upcoming novel set for Summer 2025 release
- Veteran producer duo Hanks and Goetzman will develop the paramilitary tale into a high-profile TV series, capitalizing on the novel's buzzy premise
call sheet
Eliot Ackerman, Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, Apple Studios, Playtone, Alfred K. Knopf, Penguin Random House, Sheepdogs