Universal Acquires Adrian McKinty Novel ‘The Chain,’ With Edgar Wright Directing & Jane Goldman Writing
Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: 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.