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Chosen Ones

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Picturestart, the company run by Erik Feig, has preemptively picked up the film rights to Chosen Ones, the upcoming new novel by Veronica Roth, the author of the best-selling Divergent book series.

The deal marks a reunion of the team that brought Divergent to the big screen: Feig acquired the rights to Divergent when he was the head of Summit Entertainment and will now produce, as will Pouya Shahbazian, one of the original Divergent producers. Roth will also act as a producer. Joining this team are producers Marty Bowen and Isaac Klausner of Temple Hill, the banner behind big-name adaptations such as Twilight and The Maze Runner. Picturestart’s Lucy Kitada will also produce.

Chosen Ones is billed as Roth’s first adult novel but does tackle similar themes that first made her a household name among the teen set, this time taking on what happens after you step up and save the world. The story takes place once again in Chicago, where the world only recently discovered that magic is real. The book follows Sloane Andrews, one of the "Famous Five," then-teens who defeated a villain known as the Dark One more than a decade earlier and now, in adulthood, grapple with PTSD, fractured relationships, rabid media scrutiny and, worst of all, the prospect that their mission might not be finished yet after all.

The title will be published simultaneously with Audible, featuring a celebrity voice cast, and starring Dakota Fanning as the voice of Sloane Andrews.
Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat- ... en-1288466
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