TORRANCE, Calif., Oct. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The launch of the fall television season is underway and with it, the influx of commercial interruptions.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Oct.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Paramount Pictures has acquired worldwide distribution rights to Mandate Pictures' YOUNG ADULT from Academy Award®-nominated director Jason Reitman and Academy Award®-winning writer Diablo Cody.

U.S. scribe Diablo Cody is writing and producing a big-screen adaptation of the beloved Sweet Valley High series of books, industry sources say. Cody won an Oscar for her Juno screenplay.

STEVEN SPIELBERG, DIABLO CODY, TONI COLLETTE ALL ON BOARD FOR SECOND SEASON OF SHOWTIME'S NEWEST HIT SERIES LOS ANGELES, Feb.