Overview

• Cynthia Erivo’s Edith’s Daughter banner and Platinum Dunes under Michael Bay and Brad Fuller have joined Universal Pictures to co-produce the feature adaptation.
• Adrian Tchaikovsky’s award-winning sci-fi thriller will be translated into a screenplay by Minnie Schedeen.
• The project is in early development, guided by Universal senior vice president Ryan Jones and director Christine Sun.
• The story centers on Dr. Jasmine Marks’s mission into a lethal equatorial rainforest “Zone” that harbors unexpected forms of intelligent life.
• Universal is expanding its slate of high-concept genre films, building on recent successes like Jurassic World: Rebirth.