EXCLUSIVE: Candr Footage has optioned the difference rights The Finish of the World Working Membershipthe post-apocalyptic novel by Adrian J. Walker, remodeled right into a function movie.
The movie can be written and directed by Chris Studying, greatest recognized for his sci-fi comedy. Time journey is harmful. Walker additionally turns into govt producer.
The Finish of the World Working Membership takes place after catastrophic asteroid impacts throughout Europe. The synopsis reads: Ed, Edinburgh’s father, units out on a determined 500-mile race on foot to achieve his household earlier than the final evacuation ships depart British shores.
The guide was revealed by Penguin Random Home UK and has been translated into French, German, Spanish, Czech and Turkish.
“I’m past thrilled that Candr Footage is adapting The Finish of the World Working Membership” Adrian J. Walker stated in a press release.
“I like Chris’s work, and his quintessentially British mix of darkish humor, sci-fi and humanity fits the story completely. I am nonetheless receiving messages from new readers around the globe telling me how a lot the guide moved them, and I can not wait till they’ll relive the thrill (and ache) of Ed’s journey dropped at life on display screen.”
Chris Studying added: “We do not see many British apocalypse tales, which is a disgrace; all of the unusual characters they’ll function, the chaos, the gallows humor. Adrian’s guide has all of that in spades. At its middle is a superbly easy premise: a person looking for his household. I need to make one thing that followers of the guide will acknowledge and embrace, while bringing my very own sense of enjoyable, irreverence and darkish laughter on the journey.”