As T.J. Newman Is Set To Adapt Debut Novel ‘Falling,’ Her Followup ‘Drowning: The Rescue Of Flight 1421’ Drops In Hollywood
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Flight attendant – turned tyro author T.J. Newman has been set to write the script for her debut bestselling novel Falling for Universal and Working Title.
Now, her followup manuscript has leaked around town and could be the next hot auction title. The new one is Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421, and it will be shopped imminently.
A plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff, and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation. A dozen survivors sink in a sealed part of the aircraft as it perches precariously on an undersea cliff 200 feet below the surface.
Among them is an engineer and his 11-year old daughter. His estranged wife and the girl’s mother is part of the elite rescue team that races to save the passengers before their air runs out.
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