Exclusive: As Universal Pictures prepares for Friday’s opening of the Scott Frank-directed adaptation of the Lawrence Block novel A Walk Among The Tombstones, the studio is courting its star Liam Neeson for another thriller novel it is percolating. It’s Tell No One, the thriller by bestselling novelist Harlan Coben. There is a script by Oscar-winning Argo scribe Chris Terrio, but they are going to do some work before Neeson will officially attach. I hear it’s going to happen, even if it is a little ways away.
While Coben is an accomplished deliverer of page-turner thrillers, he has yet to really hit it in Hollywood. His best outing came on the French version of Tell No One, which was turned into a hit by filmmaker Guillaume Canet. The success of that film led to the Universal deal and Terrio’s writing. Gavin O’Connor has circled the film as director.
While Coben is an accomplished deliverer of page-turner thrillers, he has yet to really hit it in Hollywood. His best outing came on the French version of Tell No One, which was turned into a hit by filmmaker Guillaume Canet. The success of that film led to the Universal deal and Terrio’s writing. Gavin O’Connor has circled the film as director.
- 9/17/2014
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
The adaptation of Harlan Coben’s critically acclaimed novel, Missing You, has found itself a writer in Stephany Folsom, who recently garnered attention for her blacklisted script 1969: A Space Odyssey or How Kubrick Learned to Stop Worrying and Land on the Moon, which told the story of a faked moon landing.
For those unfamiliar with the novel, Missing You revolves around “female police detective who starts dating online. She begins communicating with a man who jilted her 18 years earlier and it leads to the uncovering of an intricate scheme involving a brilliant sociopathic criminal.”
Reception for the novel was extremely positive upon its release, and it went onto become a #1 New York Times Best Seller. It’s also not the only Harlan Cohen novel currently receiving a film adaptation, as his novel Tell No One is also in production with Argo writer Chris Terrio and Hugh Jackman attached. It...
For those unfamiliar with the novel, Missing You revolves around “female police detective who starts dating online. She begins communicating with a man who jilted her 18 years earlier and it leads to the uncovering of an intricate scheme involving a brilliant sociopathic criminal.”
Reception for the novel was extremely positive upon its release, and it went onto become a #1 New York Times Best Seller. It’s also not the only Harlan Cohen novel currently receiving a film adaptation, as his novel Tell No One is also in production with Argo writer Chris Terrio and Hugh Jackman attached. It...
- 5/10/2014
- by Robert Kojder
- We Got This Covered
Stephany Folsom has been tapped to write Missing You, the adaptation of a Harlan Coben novel being developed by Warner Bros. The book, published by Dutton in March, tells of a female police detective who starts dating online. She begins communicating with a man who jilted her 18 years earlier and it leads to the uncovering of an intricate scheme involving a brilliant sociopathic criminal. Story: How Brett Ratner Evolved From Party Boy to Warner Bros. Mogul Brett Ratner is producing via his RatPac Entertainment banner. RatPac’s James Packer and John Cheng are exec producing. Chantal Nong is overseeing for Warners. Folsom is an
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- 5/7/2014
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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