Last October, we brought you news that Lionsgate had obtained the worldwide rights to develop, produce and distribute a film adaptation of Patrick Ness’ Carnagie Medal winning young adult novel trilogy, Chaos Walking. The studio is hoping for Hunger Games type success with this potential franchise.
Deadline reports that Lionsgate has tapped Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Being John Malkovich) to adapt the first novel of the series, The Knife of Never Letting Go. The Chaos Walking trilogy presents a futuristic world where an infection makes every thought an audible utterance and privacy absolutely non-existent and follows the story of a boy who holds the key to salvation. Considering Kaufman’s experience with head-tripping storylines, this seems like a good fit.
BOOK SYNOPSES
The Knife of Never Letting Go
Todd Hewitt is the last boy in Prentisstown. But Prentisstown isn’t like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else’s thoughts in a constant, overwhelming, never-ending Noise. There is no privacy. There are no secrets. Or are there? Just one month away from the birthday that will make him a man, Todd unexpectedly stumbles upon a spot of complete silence. Which is impossible. Prentisstown has been lying to him. And now he’s going to have to run.
The Ask and The Answer
Fleeing before a relentless army, Todd has carried a desperately wounded Viola right into the hands of their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss. Immediately separated from Viola and imprisoned, Todd is forced to learn the ways of the Mayor’s new order. But what secrets are hiding just outside of town? And where is Viola? Is she even still alive? And who are the mysterious Answer? And then, one day, the bombs begin to explode . . .
Monsters of Men
Three armies march on New Prentisstown, each one intent on destroying the others. Todd and Viola are caught in the middle, with no chance of escape. As the battles commence, how can they hope to stop the fighting? How can there ever be peace when they’re so hopelessly outnumbered? And if war makes monsters of men, what terrible choices await? But then a third voice breaks into the battle, one bent on revenge.
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