Paramount Pictures has regained the rights to the film Rising redPierce Brown’s hit dystopian sci-fi series.
Francis Lawrence, accustomed to dystopian science fiction thanks to his numerous episodes of The hunger games franchise, is attached to direct the adaptation of the first novel, also titled Rising red.
Justin Rhodes, who worked with Lawrence to develop Netflix’s video game adaptation Bioshockwill write the script.
A mix of Roman mythology and science fiction, Uprising takes place on Mars in a future where society is organized according to a color-coded class system, with the senior Golds at the top. The story centers on Darrow, a young red miner, the lowest rung of the ladder and a people who exist to do hard labor. After watching his love die and discovering the truth about her existence, Darrow infiltrates Gold Corporation in an attempt to bring it down.
Six books have been published so far and a seventh is in preparation. In 2024, Brown announced on Instagram that the Rising red The saga sold over 6 million copies, although it is unclear whether this was in the United States or worldwide. The book was at one point intended for feature development at Universal, and by the late 2010s was considered a series.
Lawrence and Cameron MacConomy will produce for their about:blank banner, alongside Francesco Goedhuis. Brown, who also wrote a Uprising The comic book prequel story published by Dynamite Entertainment will be executive produced.
Rising joins the ranks of several other acclaimed literary properties either in the works or on their way from Paramount. Children of Blood and Bone is in can and will be released on January 15, 2027 while Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrowbased on the novel by Gabrielle Zevin, is currently in production with Daisy Edgar-Jones among the stars. Filming is planned for next year. The Midnight Librarystarring Florence Pugh in the lead, and based on the novel by Matt Haig.
Lawrence, who last directed the Stephen King adaptation The long walkis back in the world of Panem with the next The Hunger Games: Sunrise over the harvest, which Lionsgate releases on November 20, 2027.
Rhodes, who worked on Terminator: Dark Fatealso worked on Paramount’s The travelera drama scheduled to film next year. His Apple+ feature film Liminalbased on the graphic novel published by AWA, recently completed production with Vanessa Kirby and Yahya Abdul-Maten II starring.
Lawrence is replaced by CAA and Hansen Jacobson. Rhodes is repped by CAA, Adam Kolbrenner at Lit Entertainment and Eric Suddleson at Toczek Suddleson. Brown is repped by CAA, Hannah Bowman at Liza Dawson Associates for publishing; and Dave Feldman at Brecheen Feldman.
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