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Josh Ruben to Direct Paramount’s ‘Wilderness Reform’ Adaptation

The feature adapts Harrison and Matt Query’s 2024 novel under Paramount’s Lab Brew first-look banner.

Overview

  • Ruben is attached to helm the film and will oversee a script draft by Steve Desmond and Michael Sherman, who worked on Knock at the Cabin.
  • Lindsey Beer is producing through her Lab Brew label, with Scott Glassgold producing via 12:01 Films.
  • The adaptation centers on a wilderness reform camp for troubled teens where mysterious events and disappearances escalate.
  • The source novel by Harrison and Matt Query was published in 2024 by Atria/Emily Bestler Books.
  • The project is in early development at Paramount, and casting, production timing, and release details have not been announced.