Exclusive: Media Res, the company behind Apple’s The Morning Show, has paid 7-figures to secure rights to Adrian McKinty’s global bestselling novel The Chain. The plan is to turn the thriller into a TV series.
Writer/producer Shane Salerno (Avatar: The Way of Water) will be executive producer along with Media Res’ Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer. McKinty will be a Co-ep. Media Res and Salerno will next enlist a showrunner and actress to play the lead role and shop that package.
The Chain is a conspiracy thriller page-turner about an ordinary mother facing every parent’s worst nightmare: Her child is taken on her way to school. To get her back, the people behind the kidnapping plot – they call themselves The Chain – demand she do the unimaginable in exchange. A wicked, delirious puzzle piece that places audiences in the protagonist’s heart-pounding dilemma, The Chain is an...
Writer/producer Shane Salerno (Avatar: The Way of Water) will be executive producer along with Media Res’ Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer. McKinty will be a Co-ep. Media Res and Salerno will next enlist a showrunner and actress to play the lead role and shop that package.
The Chain is a conspiracy thriller page-turner about an ordinary mother facing every parent’s worst nightmare: Her child is taken on her way to school. To get her back, the people behind the kidnapping plot – they call themselves The Chain – demand she do the unimaginable in exchange. A wicked, delirious puzzle piece that places audiences in the protagonist’s heart-pounding dilemma, The Chain is an...
- 5/30/2024
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Many, many directors have careers filled with passion projects that never got made, scripts that died in early development, or projects they were attached to briefly before departing. Edgar Wright has a lot of those misses in his back catalog, but the “Shaun of the Dead” and “Baby Driver” director can rest comfortably knowing that he’s in the company of greats like James Cameron, Quentin Tarantino, and Steven Spielberg.
Wright, most famously, almost made the leap from beloved indie director to superhero cinema in 2015, when he was attached to write and direct “Ant-Man” for Marvel Studios. Ultimately, Wright’s vision for the film didn’t match up with the demands of the MCU content machine, and he departed the project in 2014 due to creative differences. Peyton Reed replaced him, and Wright — who made his name directing cult British TV comedy “Spaced” and a string of well-received films like “Hot Fuzz...
Wright, most famously, almost made the leap from beloved indie director to superhero cinema in 2015, when he was attached to write and direct “Ant-Man” for Marvel Studios. Ultimately, Wright’s vision for the film didn’t match up with the demands of the MCU content machine, and he departed the project in 2014 due to creative differences. Peyton Reed replaced him, and Wright — who made his name directing cult British TV comedy “Spaced” and a string of well-received films like “Hot Fuzz...
- 9/1/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Universal International Studios (Uis) and Australian indie Matchbox Pictures are developing a TV adaptation of Adrian McKinty novel The Island.
Published last year, The Island follows Heather Baxter, who marries Tom and moves from a small country town to Seattle. A working vacation overseas seems like the perfect way to bring the new family together, but once they’re deep in the Australian outback, the jet-lagged and exhausted kids are so over their new mom. When they discover a remote Dutch island, off-limits to outside visitors, the family talks their way onto the ferry, taking a chance on an adventure far from the reach of iPhones and Instagram. But as soon as they set foot on the island, which is run by a tightly knit clan of locals, everything feels wrong.
The book was a bestseller and comes from the Irish author of 2020’s The Chain and the Sean Duffy...
Published last year, The Island follows Heather Baxter, who marries Tom and moves from a small country town to Seattle. A working vacation overseas seems like the perfect way to bring the new family together, but once they’re deep in the Australian outback, the jet-lagged and exhausted kids are so over their new mom. When they discover a remote Dutch island, off-limits to outside visitors, the family talks their way onto the ferry, taking a chance on an adventure far from the reach of iPhones and Instagram. But as soon as they set foot on the island, which is run by a tightly knit clan of locals, everything feels wrong.
The book was a bestseller and comes from the Irish author of 2020’s The Chain and the Sean Duffy...
- 2/22/2023
- by Max Goldbart and Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Emma Stone has reportedly been cast in Edgar Wright’s adaptation of the novel by Adrian McKinty, ‘The Chain.’
Stone is said to be playing the role of a mother whose 11-year-old child is kidnapped, forcing her to kidnap another child to have hers released and continue the chain.
The movie tells the story of Rachel, who learns that her 11-year-old daughter has been kidnapped. The only way to get her back is to kidnap another child. Her daughter will be released only when the next victim’s parents kidnap another child. If Rachel doesn’t kidnap another child, or if that child’s parents don’t kidnap a child, her daughter will be murdered. She is now part of The Chain, a terrifying and meticulous chain letter-like kidnapping scheme that turns parents from victims into criminals.
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Stone is said to be playing the role of a mother whose 11-year-old child is kidnapped, forcing her to kidnap another child to have hers released and continue the chain.
The movie tells the story of Rachel, who learns that her 11-year-old daughter has been kidnapped. The only way to get her back is to kidnap another child. Her daughter will be released only when the next victim’s parents kidnap another child. If Rachel doesn’t kidnap another child, or if that child’s parents don’t kidnap a child, her daughter will be murdered. She is now part of The Chain, a terrifying and meticulous chain letter-like kidnapping scheme that turns parents from victims into criminals.
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- 1/19/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Actor Philip Baker Hall is being remembered by Hollywood as one of the great character actors and a “lovely man” who was “never not good” whenever he appeared on screen.
Baker Hall, who died Sunday night at age 90, was honored by his “Magnolia” co-star Patton Oswalt, as well as stars such as Michael McKean, Bradley Whitford and director Greg Mottola, among others in Hollywood.
“I hope he’s in heaven having a sandwich, drinking a glass of milk, doing some f—in’ thing,” Patton Oswalt tweeted, making a reference to a classic scene featuring Baker Hall from “Midnight Run.”
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“A fantastic actor, a lovely man, and nobody made Larry David break on camera as much as Phil,” Mottola said in reference to Baker Hall’s two “Curb Your Enthusiasm” appearances.
Fans and cinephiles online shared clips...
Baker Hall, who died Sunday night at age 90, was honored by his “Magnolia” co-star Patton Oswalt, as well as stars such as Michael McKean, Bradley Whitford and director Greg Mottola, among others in Hollywood.
“I hope he’s in heaven having a sandwich, drinking a glass of milk, doing some f—in’ thing,” Patton Oswalt tweeted, making a reference to a classic scene featuring Baker Hall from “Midnight Run.”
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“A fantastic actor, a lovely man, and nobody made Larry David break on camera as much as Phil,” Mottola said in reference to Baker Hall’s two “Curb Your Enthusiasm” appearances.
Fans and cinephiles online shared clips...
- 6/13/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Hulu has acquired the rights to develop Adrian McKinty’s upcoming novel The Island as a limited series. McKinty will executive produce with Shane Salerno and The Story Factory. The author’s previous novel The Chain was acquired by Universal and Working Title for Edgar Wright to direct. Wright is rewriting the Jane Goldman script. No numbers were forthcoming on the deal for The Island, but sources said that if the series goes, the author’s deal will exceed the $1.5 million that Universal paid for The Chain. Sasha Silver, head of drama series, was responsible for bringing The Island into Hulu.
The Island is described as an intense thriller that tells the story of a family trip that turns into a living nightmare. After a tragic accident, a young wife with her new husband and his two children find themselves being hunted by locals in harsh bushland. Her husband...
The Island is described as an intense thriller that tells the story of a family trip that turns into a living nightmare. After a tragic accident, a young wife with her new husband and his two children find themselves being hunted by locals in harsh bushland. Her husband...
- 2/16/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
“Baby Driver” director Edgar Wright is attached to direct, develop and executive produce a ghost story called “Stage 13” from “SNL” writer Simon Rich that Amblin Partners has acquired, the studio announced Wednesday.
The film is based on Rich’s own short story, and he will also adapt the screenplay. It’s the comedic story of a silent film actress who has haunted the soundstage Stage 13 for decades, only to meet a struggling director and team with him to make their mark on the world.
Rich will produce the film with Wright’s producing partner at Complete Fiction Nira Park, as will Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. Amblin Partners’ president of production Jeb Brody and creative executive John Buderwitz will oversee for the studio.
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Wright also recently signed on to...
The film is based on Rich’s own short story, and he will also adapt the screenplay. It’s the comedic story of a silent film actress who has haunted the soundstage Stage 13 for decades, only to meet a struggling director and team with him to make their mark on the world.
Rich will produce the film with Wright’s producing partner at Complete Fiction Nira Park, as will Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. Amblin Partners’ president of production Jeb Brody and creative executive John Buderwitz will oversee for the studio.
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Wright also recently signed on to...
- 7/22/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
As the world waits to see Edgar Wright’s upcoming psychological terror, “The Last Night in Soho”— delayed into spring 2021 thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic—the admired English filmmaker already has a new film on his radar. Wright will be adapting the popular, Amazon book “The Chain,” written by Irish writer Adrian McKinty. With Wright directing and Jane Goldman (“X-Men” and “Kingsmen” series) penning the screenplay, this adaptation of “The Chain” has been acquired by Universal Studios in a big seven-figure deal, with the hope of turning this novel into a cash cow once theaters open again fully over the next couple years.
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Continue reading Edgar Wright To Direct ‘The Chain’ Kidnapping Thriller With Writer Jane Goldman at The Playlist.
- 6/19/2020
- by Michael Frank
- The Playlist
‘Baby Driver’ director Edgar Wright has been confirmed as to be taking the helm on the Universal Pictures thriller project ‘The Chain.
An adaptation of Adrian McKinty‘s bestselling book, the story follows of Rachel, who learns that her 11-year-old daughter has been kidnapped. The only way to get her back is to kidnap another child. Her daughter will be released only when that next victim’s parents kidnap another child. If Rachel doesn’t kidnap another child, or if that child’s parents don’t kidnap a child, her daughter will be murdered. She is now part of The Chain, a terrifying and meticulous chain letter-like kidnapping scheme that turns parents from victims into criminals.
‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ and ‘X-Men: First Class’ scribe Jane Goldman will pen the script.
Working Title’s Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan will produce alongside Complete Fiction’s Nira Park and Wright, and...
An adaptation of Adrian McKinty‘s bestselling book, the story follows of Rachel, who learns that her 11-year-old daughter has been kidnapped. The only way to get her back is to kidnap another child. Her daughter will be released only when that next victim’s parents kidnap another child. If Rachel doesn’t kidnap another child, or if that child’s parents don’t kidnap a child, her daughter will be murdered. She is now part of The Chain, a terrifying and meticulous chain letter-like kidnapping scheme that turns parents from victims into criminals.
‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ and ‘X-Men: First Class’ scribe Jane Goldman will pen the script.
Working Title’s Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan will produce alongside Complete Fiction’s Nira Park and Wright, and...
- 6/19/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The future is looking bright for fans of Edgar Wright; The “Baby Driver” mastermind is slated to direct “The Chain,” an adaption of Adrian McKinty’s 2019 novel for Universal Pictures.
Deadline reports Universal Pictures optioned the film in a seven-figure deal. Jane Goldman (“Kingsman: The Golden Circle” and “X-Men: First Class”) will write the script, while Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan, Nira Park, Shane Salerno, and Wright will serve as producers. Matt Reilly, Universal’s executive vice president of production, will oversee the film on behalf of the studio.
McKinty’s “The Chain” centers on Rachel, who learns that her 11-year-old daughter has been kidnapped and the only way to save her is to kidnap another child. If Rachel doesn’t complete her task as part of the sinister kidnapping scheme that the book is named after Rachel’s child will be killed. Rachel is determined to break The Chain and...
Deadline reports Universal Pictures optioned the film in a seven-figure deal. Jane Goldman (“Kingsman: The Golden Circle” and “X-Men: First Class”) will write the script, while Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan, Nira Park, Shane Salerno, and Wright will serve as producers. Matt Reilly, Universal’s executive vice president of production, will oversee the film on behalf of the studio.
McKinty’s “The Chain” centers on Rachel, who learns that her 11-year-old daughter has been kidnapped and the only way to save her is to kidnap another child. If Rachel doesn’t complete her task as part of the sinister kidnapping scheme that the book is named after Rachel’s child will be killed. Rachel is determined to break The Chain and...
- 6/19/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Thompson on Hollywood
The future is looking bright for fans of Edgar Wright; The “Baby Driver” mastermind is slated to direct “The Chain,” an adaption of Adrian McKinty’s 2019 novel for Universal Pictures.
Deadline reports Universal Pictures optioned the film in a seven-figure deal. Jane Goldman (“Kingsman: The Golden Circle” and “X-Men: First Class”) will write the script, while Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan, Nira Park, Shane Salerno, and Wright will serve as producers. Matt Reilly, Universal’s executive vice president of production, will oversee the film on behalf of the studio.
McKinty’s “The Chain” centers on Rachel, who learns that her 11-year-old daughter has been kidnapped and the only way to save her is to kidnap another child. If Rachel doesn’t complete her task as part of the sinister kidnapping scheme that the book is named after Rachel’s child will be killed. Rachel is determined to break The Chain and...
Deadline reports Universal Pictures optioned the film in a seven-figure deal. Jane Goldman (“Kingsman: The Golden Circle” and “X-Men: First Class”) will write the script, while Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan, Nira Park, Shane Salerno, and Wright will serve as producers. Matt Reilly, Universal’s executive vice president of production, will oversee the film on behalf of the studio.
McKinty’s “The Chain” centers on Rachel, who learns that her 11-year-old daughter has been kidnapped and the only way to save her is to kidnap another child. If Rachel doesn’t complete her task as part of the sinister kidnapping scheme that the book is named after Rachel’s child will be killed. Rachel is determined to break The Chain and...
- 6/19/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
In today’s film news roundup, Edgar Wright is directing “The Chain,” “Scoob!” and “The Secret Garden” get release dates, “Young Hearts” and “Doors” find homes; and the Film Life Foundation is launched.
Director Attachment
“Baby Driver” director Edgar Wright is attached to Universal Pictures’ adaptation of kidnap movie “The Chain,” based on the bestselling novel by Adrian McKinty.
Jane Goldman has been hired to write the script. Producers are Working Title’s Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, Complete Fiction’s Nira Park and Wright, and The Story Factory’s Shane Salerno.
“The Chain” is centered on a woman who learns that her 11-year-old daughter has been kidnapped and discovers that the only way to get her back is to pay a ransom and kidnap another child. Her daughter will be released only when the next victim’s parents kidnap another child.
Wright’s thriller “Last Night in Soho” was...
Director Attachment
“Baby Driver” director Edgar Wright is attached to Universal Pictures’ adaptation of kidnap movie “The Chain,” based on the bestselling novel by Adrian McKinty.
Jane Goldman has been hired to write the script. Producers are Working Title’s Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, Complete Fiction’s Nira Park and Wright, and The Story Factory’s Shane Salerno.
“The Chain” is centered on a woman who learns that her 11-year-old daughter has been kidnapped and discovers that the only way to get her back is to pay a ransom and kidnap another child. Her daughter will be released only when the next victim’s parents kidnap another child.
Wright’s thriller “Last Night in Soho” was...
- 6/19/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
As Hollywood seems to be slowly waking back to life this summer while the coronavirus pandemic rages on, new projects are being lined up even as finished ones continue to be delayed. Look no further than Edgar Wright, whose next movie, the cryptic time travel chiller, Last Night in Soho, has been pushed from September to April 2021. Even so, he’s worked out with Universal Pictures a new project that sounds incredibly intriguing: he’s adapting Adrian McKinty’s The Chain.
In a move that partners Wright for the first time with screenwriter Jane Goldman, the genre maestro who’s worked on the screenplays for Stardust, Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class, and Kingsman: The Secret Service, Universal announced Thursday (via Deadline) that they have secured the rights to The Chain.
That book, which debuted as a bestseller with critical raves last year, features a hell of a high-concept premise. In essence,...
In a move that partners Wright for the first time with screenwriter Jane Goldman, the genre maestro who’s worked on the screenplays for Stardust, Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class, and Kingsman: The Secret Service, Universal announced Thursday (via Deadline) that they have secured the rights to The Chain.
That book, which debuted as a bestseller with critical raves last year, features a hell of a high-concept premise. In essence,...
- 6/18/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Edgar Wright is about to tackle some dark material. The filmmaker, who has built his career making frequently comedic genre exercises, is going to direct a film adaptation of The Chain, author Adrian McKinty’s bestselling novel about a mother whose daughter is kidnapped. Jane Goldman, whose credits include films like Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class, Kingsman: […]
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- 6/18/2020
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
“Baby Driver” director Edgar Wright will direct a big-screen adaptation of “The Chain” based on Adrian McKinty’s 2019 novel, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap. Universal has optioned the film rights for the thriller.
“The Chain” is the story of a mother who gets a call from a stranger that her 11-year-old daughter has been kidnapped, and the only way she can keep her child alive is by kidnapping another child within 24 hours as part of a sinister chain of abductions.
Jane Goldman (“Kingsman: The Golden Circle”) will write the script based on McKinty’s book, and Wright will also produce alongside Nira Park for their Complete Fiction banner. Working Title’s Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan will also produce, as will Shane Salerno.
Also Read: Edgar Wright's 'Last Night in Soho' Gets New 2021 Release and First Look Image (Photo)
Universal’s executive vice president...
“The Chain” is the story of a mother who gets a call from a stranger that her 11-year-old daughter has been kidnapped, and the only way she can keep her child alive is by kidnapping another child within 24 hours as part of a sinister chain of abductions.
Jane Goldman (“Kingsman: The Golden Circle”) will write the script based on McKinty’s book, and Wright will also produce alongside Nira Park for their Complete Fiction banner. Working Title’s Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan will also produce, as will Shane Salerno.
Also Read: Edgar Wright's 'Last Night in Soho' Gets New 2021 Release and First Look Image (Photo)
Universal’s executive vice president...
- 6/18/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: In a seven-figure deal, Universal Pictures has optioned The Chain, the 2019 bestselling novel by Adrian McKinty. Baby Driver helmer Edgar Wright will direct, while Jane Goldman (Kingsman: The Golden Circle and X-Men: First Class) is writing the script.
The novel had been in talks to be acquired by Paramount before it was published last July by LittleBrown/Mulholland, but the deal never crossed the finish line. It has come together quite nicely in this new iteration. Working Title’s Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan will produce alongside Complete Fiction’s Nira Park and Wright, and The Story Factory’s Shane Salerno.
The Chain tells the story of Rachel, who learns that her 11-year-old daughter has been kidnapped. The only way to get her back is to kidnap another child. Her daughter will be released only when that next victim’s parents kidnap another child. If Rachel doesn’t kidnap another child,...
The novel had been in talks to be acquired by Paramount before it was published last July by LittleBrown/Mulholland, but the deal never crossed the finish line. It has come together quite nicely in this new iteration. Working Title’s Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan will produce alongside Complete Fiction’s Nira Park and Wright, and The Story Factory’s Shane Salerno.
The Chain tells the story of Rachel, who learns that her 11-year-old daughter has been kidnapped. The only way to get her back is to kidnap another child. Her daughter will be released only when that next victim’s parents kidnap another child. If Rachel doesn’t kidnap another child,...
- 6/18/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Janet Evanovich, one of the biggest selling authors in the world with 200 million copies in print and 25 No. 1 New York Times bestsellers, has signed with The Story Factory for exclusive representation. Her son, Peter Evanovich (The Big Kahuna) and daughter Alex Evanovich (Troublemaker) have made the move too. Evanovich was previously repped by Wme.
Led by Shane Salerno, The Story Factory will rep the entire Evanovich literary portfolio and look to expand its publishing universe around the world, and ramp up film and TV adaptations. One effort will be to build a co-author program to create new properties and franchise book series. She makes the move as her latest book, Look Alive Twenty-Five, which debuted atop the Nyt hardcover bestseller list, this month topped the Publishers Weekly mass market paperback bestseller list. Her 26th Stephanie Plum novel, Twisted Twenty-Six, will be released November 12. The 27th Plum novel — which Evanovich...
Led by Shane Salerno, The Story Factory will rep the entire Evanovich literary portfolio and look to expand its publishing universe around the world, and ramp up film and TV adaptations. One effort will be to build a co-author program to create new properties and franchise book series. She makes the move as her latest book, Look Alive Twenty-Five, which debuted atop the Nyt hardcover bestseller list, this month topped the Publishers Weekly mass market paperback bestseller list. Her 26th Stephanie Plum novel, Twisted Twenty-Six, will be released November 12. The 27th Plum novel — which Evanovich...
- 9/25/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Paramount Pictures has acquired the screen rights to Adrian McKinty’s novel The Chain in a deal that calls for a guaranteed low-seven-figure payday for the author, an Uber driver until a series of deals for the book changed his life. The book will be published by Little Brown/Mulholland on July 9.
The Chain tells the story of Rachel, who learns that her 11-year-old daughter has been kidnapped. The only way to get her back is to kidnap another child. Her daughter will be released only when that next victim’s parents kidnap another child. If Rachel doesn’t kidnap another child, or if that child’s parents don’t kidnap a child, her daughter will be murdered. She is now part of The Chain, a terrifying and meticulous chain letter-like kidnapping scheme that turns parents from victims into criminals.
The book tells Rachel’s harrowing story as victim,...
The Chain tells the story of Rachel, who learns that her 11-year-old daughter has been kidnapped. The only way to get her back is to kidnap another child. Her daughter will be released only when that next victim’s parents kidnap another child. If Rachel doesn’t kidnap another child, or if that child’s parents don’t kidnap a child, her daughter will be murdered. She is now part of The Chain, a terrifying and meticulous chain letter-like kidnapping scheme that turns parents from victims into criminals.
The book tells Rachel’s harrowing story as victim,...
- 6/18/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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