Overview
- Sony Pictures pre-emptively acquired feature rights to Simultaneous within days of its release, per Deadline.
- The adaptation will be developed through Eric Heisserer’s first-look pact at Sony, with Heisserer and Carmen Lewis producing via his Chronology banner.
- Flatiron Books published the novel on October 28, 2025, marking Heisserer’s first full-length work of fiction.
- The story pairs a past-life regression therapist with a Homeland Security Predictive Analytics agent as they confront a reincarnation-linked threat.
- Early endorsements came from Leigh Bardugo, David Koepp and Josh Malerman, and no director, cast or production timeline has been announced as the deal joins Heisserer’s in-development Dissolution.