Paramount Develops Red Rising Film With Francis Lawrence

Paramount is developing a feature-film adaptation of Pierce Brown’s science-fiction novel Red Rising, with Francis Lawrence attached to direct and Justin Rhodes set to write the screenplay, according to reporting on the project. The adaptation is based on the first book in Brown’s series. Filming and release dates have not been confirmed. Lawrence and Cameron MacConomy are also expected to produce for the banner about.blank, alongside producer Francesco Goedhuis. Brown, who wrote the novel, is expected to serve as an executive producer. The project is described as being in development; the reports do not establish that production has been approved or scheduled. Red Rising is set on Mars in a future society organized by a color-coded caste system. Its central character, Darrow, is a miner classified as a Red, the lowest caste. He believes his people are laboring to make the planet’s surface habitable for future generations, but discovers that humans have lived on the surface for generations and that Reds are enslaved by the ruling class. The story follows his effort to infiltrate that society. The book was published in 2014 and is the first of six published novels in the...