Universal Acquires Adrian McKinty Novel ‘The Chain,’ With Edgar Wright Directing & Jane Goldman Writing
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deadline.comMike 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.
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 Factor’s Shane Salerno.
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