Thunder Road Boards Female-Driven Spy Pic ‘Enigma’ Penned By Kat Wood
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Basil Iwanyk’s Thunder Road Pictures has optioned the original contemporary supernatural spy thriller, Enigma, from scribe Kat Wood.A cross between Bond and Tomb: Raider, Enigma follows Emma Taylor, a British spy, who is suddenly tasked with hiding a mysterious and dangerous artifact that falls into her hands so the world never finds it again.
It’s a spy pic where nuclear codes are not at stake. Unlike other adventure pics, Enigma tells the unique story of the person whose job it is to hide precious artefacts, and set traps, diversions, red herrings so it’s never found again.Wood is also serving as EP.Wood was named one of Screen International’s “UK Stars of Tomorrow”.
She most recently sold her original pitch Fuel to Amazon with Misha Green and Jurnee Smollett producing, and the latter attached to star.
Previously, Wood wrote Ruby, an original screenplay which was included on the 2020 Black List and sold as a spec, again to Amazon with David Leitch’s 87North producing.
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