Literature fans should gather round as it has just been announced that Fox 2000 will be adapting the first book of DJ MacHale’s ‘Sylo‘ trilogy will be coming to the big screen! The book was released earlier this year and is described as:
‘A thrilling trilogy begins on a peaceful island community that is rocked by a series of mysterious deaths, and quickly becomes a massive conflict that will determine the future of mankind. A group of young people uncover clues they hope will lead to the truth behind the madness for nothing is what it first appears to be. The quest to defend their home is made all the more difficult because they can’t be sure of who to trust… and who to fear. Everyone is a suspect. Nowhere is safe.’
It sounds a bit like ‘The Hunger Games’ books and another ‘young people must survive story’. The same happened with the ‘Twilight Saga’ books, it opened the floodgates for sparkly vampires!
Thor Freudenthal will direct with a script being written by Marc Guggenheim, and both have experience of working on this genre, having recently worked together on PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS.
Source: ComingSoon
