Overview
- The project is set up at Paramount and Skydance and adapts Joseph Eckert’s forthcoming novel, due June 9, 2026.
- Justin Rhodes wrote the current screenplay, following an earlier Austin Everett draft that landed on the Blood List, Hit List, and Black List when MGM explored development in 2019.
- Lipovsky says he and Stein have pursued the film for six years, repeatedly checking in with agents about its status.
- The story centers on Scott Treder, a biology technician whose involuntary time jumps escalate in exponentially longer intervals.
- The directors’ negotiations come as their profile rises after Final Destination: Bloodlines surpassed $315 million worldwide, with upcoming projects including Gremlins 3 (with Chris Columbus), Long Lost at Universal, The Earthling at Sony, and a completed Freaks sequel.