EXCLUSIVE: The following novel from Heat Our bodies writer Isaac Marion is to be tailored right into a characteristic movie.
Rights to Marion’s upcoming e book The Overnoise has been snapped up by 9 Good Strangers maker Made Up Tales, whose bosses Bruna Papandrea and Steve Hutensky will produce alongside Jeanne Snow and Claudia Park.
Per the synopsis, “The Overnoise follows aspiring musician Robin Conway, who merely needs to finish her new album and keep her document deal. Every little thing modifications with the launch of ‘Infinite Connection’ – a revolutionary international wi-fi service promising seamless connectivity worldwide. Nonetheless, the know-how brings an sudden and disturbing consequence: a persistent dissonant hum often known as the ‘overnoise.’”
That is the second collab between Isaac and Papandrea, following the characteristic movie adaptation of Heat Our bodies, the New York Instances bestseller, in 2013. The zombie comedy-romance, directed by Jonathan Levine, starred Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, Rob Corddry, Dave Franco and John Malkovich amongst others.
“Making a ‘zombie romance’ work on display was an absurdly tall order, however Bruna sank her enamel into it and created a real basic,” stated Marion. “She’s by no means been afraid to deal with uncommon tales with distinctive and thrilling challenges, so I’m thrilled to be working along with her once more to carry The Overnoise to life.”
Marion is thought for the four-volume Heat Our bodies sequence, first revealed in 2010, but additionally operates a YouTube channel. He lives in a distant cabin within the Washington wilderness, sharing tales about his life on the channel, Outer Edge Outpost, which presently has round 20,000 subscribers.
“We knew The Overnoise was particular from the primary web page,” added Made Up Tales in a press release. “We’re thrilled to accomplice with Isaac once more on this good, emotionally resonant story about the price of progress and the worth of human connection. We are able to’t wait to carry this highly effective narrative to the display.”
Made Up Tales – which has bases in Australia, the U.S. and UK – is beind the likes of Prime Video miniseries The Misplaced Flowers of Alice Hart, which was the streamer’s top-performing Australia initially globally, and Inform Me Your Secrets and techniques; HBO’s The Undoing; Netflix’s Anatomy of a Scandal, Toni Collette-starrer Items of Her and Jessica Knoll novel adaptation Luckiest Lady Alive; Hulu’s 9 Good Strangers; Australian crime characteristic The Dry, starring Eric Bana, and its sequel, Pressure of Nature: Dry 2; Penguin Bloom, starring Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln and Jacki Weaver; Binge comedy Strife; Apple TV+ anthology sequence Roar; genre-bending rom-com sequence Wolf Like Me for Peacock and Stan; unscripted sequence Undressed for Paramount+; and, most just lately, one other Liane Moriarty adaptation, The Final Anniversary for AMC+ and Foxtel/Binge. Seasons 2 of Strife and 9 Good Strangers launch mid-2025.
Over the previous 12 months, we’ve revealed the information Made Up Tales has optioned rights to Zoe Foster Blake’s novel Issues Will Calm Down Quickly, Sally Hepworth’s crime thriller Darling Ladies for TV and Emily Perkins’ scorching novel Lioness, which is being tailored alongside The Mentalist actor Simon Baker and agent-producer Lee-Ann Higgins. Additionally on the slate is a movie model of Fiona McIntosh’s e book The Pearl Thief, with Nick Drake hooked up to write down.
Made Up Tales co-founder Papandrea additionally made HBO’s Large Little Lies whereas operating Pacific Customary with Reese Witherspoon.
Marion is repped by Joe Regal at Regal Hoffmann & Associates, who negotiated the Overnoise cope with Tim Schmidt representing Made Up Tales.
