Paramount has acquired film rights to Pierce Brown’s New York Times bestselling sci-fi book series “Red Rising” and is developing a movie adaptation of the first novel. Francis Lawrence, known for directing “The Hunger Games” films, is attached to direct the project.
Justin Rhodes will write the script, drawing from Brown’s original 2014 novel. Multiple outlets report that Lawrence is also producing alongside Cameron MacConomy. The reporting frames the project as an early development effort, centered on adapting the first installment of the series, with the creative team in place for writing and production.
While the outlets largely align on the key creative personnel and the fact that Paramount has secured the rights, they focus on different roles: some foreground Lawrence’s director attachment, while others emphasize Rhodes’s screenwriting appointment and his prior credits. No release date or casting is reported in the provided coverage.
