Paramount Secures Francis Lawrence for 'Red Rising' Sci-Fi Adaptation
Paramount Pictures has acquired the film rights to Pierce Brown’s bestselling sci-fi series 'Red Rising,' appointing 'Hunger Games' director Francis Lawrence to helm the adaptation of the first novel. Writer Justin Rhodes will pen the script, with Lawrence and Cameron MacConomy producing. The project joins a slate of high-profile literary adaptations at the studio, including 'Children of Blood and Bone' and 'The Midnight Library.'
