Film producer Dan Lin is forming a television division with his company Lin Pictures through a deal with Warner Bros. Television, Deadline is reporting. Lin has signed television development executive/producer Jennifer Gwartz to run the new division, which is aiming to develop drama and comedy series. The shows are expected to include the aspirational, uplifting stories that are often included in Lin’s projects. Lin first worked on television projects last season, as he signed a first-look deal with Warner Bros. TV. Through the arrangement, which was an extension on his Warner Bros. feature production deal, he sold three projects-’Poe,’ written by Chris Hollier and ‘Tech,’ written by Rina Mimoun, to…

Warner Bros. Pictures is moving forward with developing a big screen adaptation of “Spy Hunter”, the Midway Games’ video game. Dan Lin (“Sherlock Holmes”) and Roy Lee of Vertigo are producing the project. Chad St. John is set to write the film’s script. “Spy Hunter” is about a highly-trained government agent who traverses the globe, hunting down rogue spies who are now a threat to the government they used to work for and protect. Before being acquired by Warner Bros., the rights were held Universal, had John Woo and Paul W.S. Anderson attached to direct at various points, and had Dwayne Johnson slated to star as the eponymous hero. Stay…

Warner Bros. and producer Dan Lin are reportedly planning to reboot the “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” film franchise that spun off from the 1996 Eidos video game franchise starring action hero and archaeologist Lara Croft, the English noblewoman who battles legendary and supernatural forces, pirates, traps and puzzles, and more, as she searches the globe for various treasures and other historical artifacts. Lin will produce the new film through his Lin Pictures banner alongside producer Stephen Gilchrist, reimagining the origins of the character as well as introducing the main villain. Lara Croft was first adapted for the big screen in 2001 with “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” and later on with…

Warner Bros. is in early development on a “Tomb Raider” reboot, according to a report from Superhero Hype. Paramount previously made the two movies based on the game, but the rights have since reverted to game makers Eidos. When Time Warner upped its stake to 19.92% in Eidos in December, films rights to the property were included as part of the deal. Dan Lin will produce the project via his Lin Pictures while Stephen Gilchrist will co-produce; Ian Livingstone of Eidos will executive produce. The new project, however, is expected to revamp and re-imagine the character and her origins as a British adventurer, treasure hunter, and archaeologist, as well as…