Amazon Faucets John Wick Creator for New Fantasy Film

Amazon MGM Studios has tapped John Wick creator Derek Kolstad to assist develop a possible new franchise for the corporate. The screenwriter is set to adapt the forthcoming romantasy novel Protect of Sparrows right into a feature-length film.

In response to Deadline, Protect of Sparrows, written by The Wall Road Journal, USA At the moment and #1 Amazon best-selling writer Devney Perry, is ready to be revealed by Entangled Publishing’s Pink Tower imprint on Might 6. The novel is described as a “slow-burn, high-stakes romantasy, the place enemies change into lovers, monsters stalk a cursed realm, and a forgotten princess finds the power to tear off her crown and change into the warrior she was by no means meant to be.” Premeditated Productions is growing the movie adaptation underneath its first-look take care of Amazon MGM Studios.

Derek Kolstad Is Behind Two Main Motion Franchises

Kolstad acquired his begin in Hollywood writing the screenplays for the Dolph Lundgren films One within the Chamber (2012) and The Package deal (2013). He then offered a script titled Scorn to Thunder Street Photos, which advanced into the Keanu Reeves-led motion hit John Wick (2014). Kolstad returned to pen the screenplays for the primary two sequels — John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) — which had been additionally well-received by critics and business successes.

John Wick has since change into considered one of Lionsgate’s largest franchises, comprising 4 fundamental installments, a female-led spinoff, and a prequel miniseries. A fifth John Wick film, an anime-inspired prequel movie, and one other spinoff movie are at present within the works, as is a brand new tv sequence set after the occasions of John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023).

Kolstad additionally scripted the motion thriller No one, starring Bob Odenkirk and produced by David Leitch, the latter of whom co-directed John Wick. Whereas not as large of a success as John Wick, No one was nonetheless profitable on the field workplace, and with critics, resulting in a forthcoming sequel, additionally penned by Kolstad, that can hit theaters this August. Kolstad additionally labored on the Marvel Cinematic Universe restricted sequence The Falcon and the Winter Soldier in addition to the Kevin Hart-led motion comedy sequence Die Hart.

As for Amazon, Protect of Sparrows marks the most recent acquisition for the corporate within the fantasy style. Amazon can also be engaged on a sequence adaptation of Rebecca Yarros’s Empyrean sequence, starting with Fourth Wing, and is the house of the Lord of the Rings sequence The Rings of Energy. On the large display, Amazon MGM Studios is in manufacturing on a Masters of the Universe reboot and is reportedly very near buying Chad Stahelski’s Highlander reboot that has Henry Cavill connected to star.

Protect of Sparrows is the second of Perry’s novels set to be tailored for the display. CBS Studios is at present in improvement on a sequence adaptation of the writer’s six-book romance sequence The Edens, which is ready in her house state of Montana.

Protect of Sparrows is ready to hit bookstore cabinets on Might 6.

Supply: Deadline