Screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson (“Chloe”) is adapting the Lisa See novel “Peony In Love” for Fox 2000, and that Ridley and Tony Scott’s Scott Free Productions will be producing the adaptation alongside actress/producer Giannina Facio. Set in medieval 17th-century China, the book, based on a true story, is about a young girl who is frustrated at being betrothed to a man she’s never met. She falls in love with a man she sees at an opera production, where she is hidden behind a screen, which is meant to hide women from the view of the public. The story is set against the rise of the Manchurians as they overthrow the…

Screenwriter Kerry Williamson has been tapped to write the film adaptation of Patricia Cornwell’s medical mystery book series starring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta. Fox 2000 picked up the rights to the books this past April, and have Angelina Jolie lined up to star. Mark Gordon is producing the project alongside Jolie’s manager Geyer Kosinski. The 17-book series, whose latest entry “The Scarpetta Factor” was released by Putnam this past October, is being eyed as a potential franchise for Jolie. Williamson’s screenplay will supposedly not be a direct adaptation of any of the books, but rather will be an original story starring the character and set in the world Cornwell has…

Variety reports that Fox will distribute and co-finance the third Narnia film “Voyage Of The Dawn Treader” under the “Fox 2000 division, after Disney dropped the franchise last month after 2008′s “Prince Caspian”. The studios hope to start filming this summer for a 2010 holiday season release. Prince Caspian finished as the #10 grosser at the Box Office last year, and Dawn Treader has a lot of the magic and fantastic aspects missing from the second book/film, which the studios hope will drive higher earnings. “Voyage Of The Dawn Treader” features the return of Edund and Lucy Pevensie and Prince Caspian on an adventure aboard the ship The Dawn Treader…