JAWS For Parents? Edgar Wright Directing Kidnapping Thriller THE CHAIN
Universal Pictures has optioned the rights to Adrian McKinty’s novel The Chain. with Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) directing and Jane Goldman (X-Men: First Class) penning the script.
The Chain tells the story of Rachel, who learns that her 11-year-old daughter has been kidnapped. The only way to get her back is to kidnap another child. Her daughter will be released only when that next victim’s parents kidnap another child. If Rachel doesn’t kidnap another child, or if that child’s parents don’t kidnap a child, her daughter will be murdered. She is now part of The Chain, a terrifying and meticulous chain letter-like kidnapping scheme that turns parents from victims into criminals.
The book tells Rachel’s harrowing story as victim, survivor, abductor and criminal. What the masterminds behind The Chain know is that parents will do anything for their children. But what they don’t know is that in Rachel they have finally met their match, as she is smart and tough enough to have survived a bout with cancer and is determined to break The Chain while getting her daughter back.
Wright will also produce along with Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan, Nira Park, Shane Salerno. Universal Executive Vice President of Production Matt Reilly will oversee the project on behalf of the studio.
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