{"id":486745,"date":"2026-03-21T00:39:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T00:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/486745\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T00:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T00:39:14","slug":"warner-bros-sets-ai-themed-playground-for-timothee-chalamet-plan-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/486745\/","title":{"rendered":"Warner Bros Sets AI-Themed \u2018Playground\u2019 For Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet &#038; Plan B"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEXCLUSIVE: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/warner-bros\/\" id=\"auto-tag_warner-bros\" data-tag=\"warner-bros\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Warner Bros<\/a>. Pictures has closed a film-rights deal for the New York Times bestseller <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/playground\/\" id=\"auto-tag_playground\" data-tag=\"playground\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Playground<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/richard-powers\/\" id=\"auto-tag_richard-powers\" data-tag=\"richard-powers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Powers<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/plan-b\/\" id=\"auto-tag_plan-b\" data-tag=\"plan-b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Plan B<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/timothee-chalamet-2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_timothee-chalamet-2\" data-tag=\"timothee-chalamet-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/brian-swardstrom\/\" id=\"auto-tag_brian-swardstrom\" data-tag=\"brian-swardstrom\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Swardstrom<\/a> are attached to produce. Nothing will happen until it\u2019s developed, but Chalamet has first crack at starring as the central character.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe Booker Prize-nominated Playground follows Todd Keane and his two best friends from the University of Illinois, through the tech boom of Silicon Valley to the phosphate-mined Polynesian island of Makatea. The story explores love, friendship and the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tComing off its two Oscar winners One Battle After Another and Sinners, Warner Bros looks to have a strong close of the year coming with Chalamet in Dune: Part Three, the Denis Villenueve-directed Legendary Entertainment film. Warner Bros, which releases the film December 18, just <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/03\/dune-part-3-trailer-1236756925\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1236756925\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dropped a trailer<\/a> that looks epic. Chalamet is coming off two consecutive Best Actor Oscar nominations, for Marty Supreme and the Bob Dylan pic A Complete Unknown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tPlan B is coming off Best Picture nominee F1 that starred partner Brad Pitt, and the miniseries Adolescence, which won eight Emmy Awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tPowers is a MacArthur Fellow and National Book Award recipient, with The Overstory earning him the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and a Booker Prize shortlist spot in 2018. He\u2019s has been nominated for the Booker Prize four times, most recently for Playground in 2024. He\u2019s been Booker-nominated more times than any living author.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tPlan B is currently developing Powers\u2019\u00a0Bewilderment\u00a0with Black Bear.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tPowers is represented by CAA and Melanie Jackson Agency. Plan B is represented by CAA. Chalamet is represented by UTA, Brian Swardstrom and Gang Tyre Ramer &amp; Brown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. 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