Overview

• Lightstorm Entertainment has acquired adaptation rights to Joe Abercrombie’s bestselling novel The Devils.
• Cameron plans to co-write the screenplay with Abercrombie, praising the book’s cinematic structure and visual flair.
• The Devils debuted on May 6, 2025, and quickly rose to No. 1 on the Sunday Times bestseller list in the U.K. and into the top five of the New York Times list.
• The story follows a ragtag force of supernatural beings defending an alternate medieval Europe from a horde of flesh-eating elves.
• Script development is slated to begin in December 2025 once Cameron completes Avatar: Fire and Ash, with directing duties yet to be announced.