Overview
- Multiple outlets reported Wednesday that Lindsey Anderson Beer sold her debut novel Hollow in a preemptive deal to Putnam and is set to adapt and direct the feature version.
- Putnam is fast-tracking the book for a Fall 2027 publication date to coincide with film development and publicity plans.
- Sydney Sweeney is attached to play Katrina Van Tassel and will produce through her newly announced Honey Trap banner alongside Beer’s Lab Brew and Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap.
- The assembled producing package is expected to be shopped to studios imminently, and some reports link Honey Trap to a first-look arrangement with Sony that has not been fully corroborated.
- The project reframes Washington Irving’s tale from Katrina Van Tassel’s perspective and highlights a growing industry pattern of preemptive book buys and author-led screen adaptations to boost rights value and creative control.