EXCLUSIVE: Media Res, the company behind Apple’s The Morning Show, has paid 7-figures to secure rights to Adrian McKinty’s global bestselling novel The Chain.
The plan is to turn the thriller into a TV series. Writer/producer Shane Salerno (Avatar: The Way of Water) will be executive producer along with Media Res’ Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer.
McKinty will be a Co-EP. Media Res and Salerno will next enlist a showrunner and actress to play the lead role and shop that package.
The Chain is a conspiracy thriller page-turner about an ordinary mother facing every parent’s worst nightmare: her child is taken on her way to school.
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