EXCLUSIVE: New Regency and Maximum Effort are teaming up for a feature film adaptation of the New York Times bestselling Eight Perfect Murders, after recently acquiring the rights to Peter Swanson’s novel and tapping Harry Bradbeer to direct. The novel is published by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins.
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“I am thrilled to be working with Maximum Effort and New Regency on this truly remarkable project: a witty, surprising, mischievous thriller that is as fun as it is soulful,” said Bradbeer.
The news follows Maximum Efforts’ record-breaking box office success with Deadpool vs. Wolverine and the upcoming fourth season of the Emmy-winning hit docuseries Welcome to Wrexham. New Regency’s recent and upcoming film and television series include the critically acclaimed The Bikeriders, Steve McQueen’s Blitz and Mr. & Mrs. Smith, which is up for 16 Emmy nominations.
The novel follows a bookstore owner who finds himself at the center of an FBI investigation when a very clever killer begins using his list of fiction’s most ingenious murders as inspiration. Swanson is the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of eleven novels, including The Kind Worth Killing, winner of the New England Society Book Award and a finalist for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, Her Every Fear, an NPR Book of the Year.
