Daniel Brown (Your Fortunate Day) has signed on to direct a function adaptation of Survivor, the satirical 1999 novel from Battle Membership‘s Chuck Palahniuk.
Brown wrote the script for the movie. Set to shoot in Auckland, New Zealand in early 2026, the movie follows the ultimate hours of Tender Branson, the final surviving member of a puritan cult, as he recounts his rise from anonymity to superstardom aboard a industrial airliner with nobody left to fly it.
The movie can be produced by Ryan Rettig (Voyage of Time, Final Days within the Desert) and Miles David Romney (The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd, Oscar-nominated Ninety-5 Senses) for Group Backyard and financier V42, with Mel Turner and Axel Paton at Auckland-based Floor Management (Wolf Man, Coronary heart Eyes).
Survivor will get off the bottom right here following a number of failed makes an attempt at mounting an adaptation. twentieth Century Fox optioned Palahniuk’s novel within the 12 months of its publication, enlisting Jake Paltrow to adapt the screenplay, however shelved the challenge after 9/11 as a result of the truth that the story entails an airplane hijacker.
Francis Lawrence, the filmmaker behind The Lengthy Stroll and The Starvation Video games franchise, additionally beforehand eyed a function take.
I haven’t learn this e book, however I’m a fan of Battle Membership, and this premise is intriguing. I sit up for seeing what unfolds on this story.
through: Deadline
