Exclusive: Village Roadshow Entertainment Group has acquired the rights to Shamim Sarif’s all-female Ya thriller novel The Athena Protocol to develop as a television series.
Described as Bourne Identity meets Karen McManus, The Athena Protocol follows a young woman who is part of a secret, privately-run all-female international vigilante group. When she breaks protocol and assassinates one of their targets, she’s ousted from the organization and goes rogue in order to investigate a sex trafficking ring.
The book, published October 8 by HarperCollins, was released as the first book in a Young Adult series.
Sarif is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter and director for film and TV. Her novels Despite the Falling Snow, I Can’t Think Straight and The World Unseen were all turned into feature films, written and directed by Sarif. Her television directing credits include an episode of Murdoch Mysteries. Sarif is repped by Synchronicity Management and attorney Jeffrey Finkelstein of Del,...
Described as Bourne Identity meets Karen McManus, The Athena Protocol follows a young woman who is part of a secret, privately-run all-female international vigilante group. When she breaks protocol and assassinates one of their targets, she’s ousted from the organization and goes rogue in order to investigate a sex trafficking ring.
The book, published October 8 by HarperCollins, was released as the first book in a Young Adult series.
Sarif is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter and director for film and TV. Her novels Despite the Falling Snow, I Can’t Think Straight and The World Unseen were all turned into feature films, written and directed by Sarif. Her television directing credits include an episode of Murdoch Mysteries. Sarif is repped by Synchronicity Management and attorney Jeffrey Finkelstein of Del,...
- 12/17/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Laurence Fishburne is in final negotiations to board Columbia Pictures' Vegas-set thriller 21.
Liza Lapira and Josh Gad also have joined the cast of the blackjack tale.
The film is based on Ben Mezrich's best-seller, "Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions." Fishburne will play a Vegas security chief who hunts down the group.
Jim Sturgess and Masi Oka already have boarded "21," which will be helmed by Robert Luketic.
Shooting is set to begin next month in Boston and Las Vegas.
Kevin Spacey, who also will appear in the film, is producing alongside Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca.
Sony's Elizabeth Cantillon and DeVon Franklin are shepherding for the studio.
Fishburne, whose recent film credits include Bobby and Akeelah and the Bee, also is a theater veteran whose credits include Without Walls and Fences. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in What's Love Got to Do With It.
He is repped by Paradigm, manager Helen Sugland and attorneys Jeffrey Finkelstein and Nina Shaw.
Liza Lapira and Josh Gad also have joined the cast of the blackjack tale.
The film is based on Ben Mezrich's best-seller, "Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions." Fishburne will play a Vegas security chief who hunts down the group.
Jim Sturgess and Masi Oka already have boarded "21," which will be helmed by Robert Luketic.
Shooting is set to begin next month in Boston and Las Vegas.
Kevin Spacey, who also will appear in the film, is producing alongside Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca.
Sony's Elizabeth Cantillon and DeVon Franklin are shepherding for the studio.
Fishburne, whose recent film credits include Bobby and Akeelah and the Bee, also is a theater veteran whose credits include Without Walls and Fences. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in What's Love Got to Do With It.
He is repped by Paradigm, manager Helen Sugland and attorneys Jeffrey Finkelstein and Nina Shaw.
- 1/19/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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