Anyone who’s seen the film Afflicted knows that the filmmaking team of Clif Prowse and Derek Lee are to be watched. Deadline is reporting that CBS Films has set the duo to direct an adaptation of the Trevor Shane novel Children of Paranoia.
The first book in a bestselling trilogy, Children of Paranoia tells the story of an innocent young man who comes to learn that the tragic death of his sister is connected to a clandestine, global war that’s been raging for centuries. Bent on revenge, the young man becomes a secret soldier in the battle, assassinating enemy targets from the shadows. Then he falls for a beautiful young woman who causes him to question which side he’s really on — good or evil.
Marc Haimes is rewriting the Children of Paranoia script, and it will be produced by Automatik’s Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Chris Ferguson. Kavanaugh-Jones was exec producer of Afflicted.