Someone has a good agent. But obviously not a very good book designer. The Epoch Index by Christian Cantrell, is a forthcoming spy thriller. Revealed that Fox had acquired the film rights after a six-studio bidding war, even before it had an official publisher. Now it’s announced Random House has acquired world publishing rights. RH’s Ben Greenberg reeled in the book deal. It is a 36-page novella, originally published in 2010. Really good agent.
Brad Peyton (Rampage and San Andreas) is attached to direct, Justin Rhodes (Terminator Reboot and Fantastic Voyage) is attached to write, and War for the Planet of the Apes‘ helmer Matt Reeves and his 6th & Idaho banner will produce. Peyton and producing partner Jeff Fierson also will produce through their ASAP Entertainment. Adam Kassan will also produce and Fox senior vice president Matt Reilly is shepherding.
“The Epoch Index focuses on badass female CIA analyst Quinn Mitchell—a brilliant but nearly suicidal (over the death of her daughter) divorced operative who is hellbent on tracking down a flamboyant international killer who flies first class around the world and takes out seemingly random targets with high tech near-future weaponry. When she does find him, she unravels a plot involving the Hadron Particle Collider and data from the future that is beyond anything she ever imagined.”
Cantrell is a software engineer living outside of Washington DC. His first novel, Containment, has sold over 150,000 copies.
Cantrell is repped by agent Joe Veltre at Gersh and manager John Tantillo.’
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