A24 and Square Peg are in talks to adapt Emma Cline’s best-selling novel Guest, hollywood reporter has confirmed.
Writer-director Lorene Scafaria is in talks to direct. stranger things Star Sadie Sink is in talks to star and produce with Square Peg.
Cline’s 2023 novel, published by Penguin Random House, focuses on a calculating grifter who navigates the treacherous world of summer in the Hamptons.
full summary Reads: “Summer is coming to a close on the eastern end of Long Island, and Alex is no longer welcome. A dinner party gone wrong, and the elderly man she was living with has dismissed her with a ride to the train station and a ticket back to the city. With fewer resources and a water-logged phone, but with the ability to cater to the wishes of others, Alex lives on Long Island and lives in a family of hedged streets, gated driveways, and sun-blasted Drifting like a ghost through a world that was, at first, closed to her, she spends the week leading up to Labor Day moving from place to place, leaving destruction in her wake.
Guest It was longlisted for the PEN/Faulkner Award, as well as being named a Belletrist Book Club Pick and a Best Book of the Year by countless publications. the new Yorker, TimeAnd npr.
Release of Cline’s recent book switzy Was longlisted for this year Booker Prize. His 2016 debut novel, girls, Sold in a three-book deal worth $2 million at the time. girls It was largely inspired by the Manson Family murders in 1969.
In a 2023 interview Vanity Fair Kline said Guest“I started it in 2016. I like books like The brilliant Mr. Ripley, Where there are characters that you follow through the narrative who are operating outside the bounds of our moral code. There’s some fun in following that kind of chaos. Given the setting, what would be a fun foil for such a character, and what kind of world would make sense?
sink recently acted Spider-Man: Brand New Day In which she made her official MCU debut as Jean Grey. She will reprise the role in the new X-Men film to be released in 2028 which also stars Kit Connor (Cyclops), Christopher Abbott (Prof. Adam Driver was cast as the villain Mister Sinister.
apart from directing Hustlers Scafaria’s other writing and directing credits include Starring Jennifer Lopez Looking for a friend for the end of the world, interfering, and adapted script for Nick and Norah’s infinite playlist. His TV credits include new girl, inheritance and hbo i love laIn which he serves as executive producer and director.
Sync is represented by WME, Peikoff Mahan and imPRint. Scafaria is represented by UTA and Sloane Offers.
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