and star Nesta Cooper is adding screenwriter to her resume as she gets set to adapt and star in a sci-fi thriller based on Bethany C. Morrow’s YA novel of the same name. Los Angeles-based Marginal MediaWorks and Sphere Media are behind the book-to-screen adaptation to shoot in Montreal next year.
The project marks Marginal’s first international co-production and centers on a scientist in Montreal who discovers how to extract memories from people and turn them into zombie-like creatures known as Mems. Cooper’s recent credits include , Roxine Helburg’s Tribeca journalism thriller, and Mike Cahill’s co-starring Owen Wilson and . She also starred in ’s and is set to appear in Ridley Scott’s upcoming crime drama “I’m really grateful to be able to collaborate with a writer as prolific as Bethany,” said Cooper in a statement.
“Despite the profound and oftentimes horror-like themes in her work, her voice offers an indescribable comfort. Her stories are so deep and full of life that they immerse you completely in their world.” Sanjay M.
Sharma and Milan Chakraborty are producing the adaptation for Marginal, while Jennifer Kawaja and Peter Van Auker will produce for Sphere Media. Cooper and Morrow will executive produce. Marginal’s film slate includes , a Japanese co-production with Bandai Namco, written and directed by Mako Kamitsuna, and , a thriller starring Tierra Whack that won the Jury Prize for U.
S. Fiction Film at Tribeca. The upcoming film will be rel.