Buzzy Amor Towles adaptation featuring ‘Bear’ creator and Tom Holland on ice at Warner Bros. over $30M price tag amid pending Paramount sale
Warner Bros. has put the adaptation of Amor Towles' novel 'The Lincoln Highway' on hold due to its high budget amid a pending sale to Paramount. The project, which features Tom Holland and is directed by Christopher Storer, has attracted interest from rival studios. Despite the current uncertainty, there is optimism that the Paramount deal will close soon, allowing the film to find a new home.
- ▪Warner Bros. has not greenlit 'The Lincoln Highway' due to its $30 million to $40 million budget.
- ▪The film is based on Amor Towles' best-selling novel and features Tom Holland and director Christopher Storer.
- ▪Rival studios are eager to pitch for the project as Warner Bros. allows Storer to seek a new home for the film.
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Page Six Hollywood Buzzy Amor Towles adaptation featuring ‘Bear’ creator and Tom Holland on ice at Warner Bros. over $30M price tag amid pending Paramount sale By Tatiana Siegel Published May 21, 2026, 9:45 a.m. ET Christopher Storer (left) and Tom Holland (right). There’s no denying that Warner Bros. remains in a state of limbo until it’s officially swallowed by David Ellison’s Paramount-Skydance. Case in point: Warners was ready to move forward on “The Lincoln Highway,” a red-hot project with Christopher Storer, one of the most in-demand writer-directors in town who’s finally available after finishing the fifth and final season of FX’s “The Bear.” Tom Holland, who’s poised to have a killer year between Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” and “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” was attached to…
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