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Francis Lawrence To Direct 'Red Rising' Movie For Paramount
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Key Points:
- Paramount has acquired the film rights to Pierce Brown's bestselling sci-fi series Red Rising, with Francis Lawrence set to direct the adaptation of the first book.
- Justin Rhodes, known for Terminator: Dark Fate and Secret Level, will write the screenplay, while Lawrence and Cameron MacConomy will produce alongside Francesco Goedhuis, with Brown as executive producer.
- Red Rising centers on Darrow, a miner on Mars who infiltrates the ruling Gold caste to lead a rebellion against a color-based hierarchy.
- This acquisition adds to Paramount's slate of high-profile book adaptations, including Children of Blood and Bone (releasing January 2027), Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (November 2027), and The Midnight Library.
- Francis Lawrence, famed for directing five Hunger Games films, recently completed Stephen King’s The Long Walk and is developing Carry Me to My Grave, a horror adaptation for Lionsgate.
