Hatching Twitter by Nick Bilton to Become a Television Series

Lionsgate announced today that it has acquired the rights to Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal — the Twitter origin story written by New York Times reporter Nick Bilton — and will be creating a television series based on the book. Bilton will write the screenplay and be a producer on the series, and Allison Shearmur, who has worked on The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, will be an executive producer. You can read more at The Hollywood Reporter.