Columbia Pictures has decided that they’re not going to wait for a young adult book to become a bestseller and will instead make it into one by acquiring and adapting it into a feature-length film. At least, that seems to be the plan with S.J. Kincaid’s The Diabolic, a new sci-fi thriller that was released just last week, according to Deadline.
As the galaxy’s most fierce warrior, a humanoid teen masquerades as a senator’s daughter and a hostage of the galactic court. When the power-mad emperor learned the young girl’s senator father is planning a rebellion, she is summoned to the Galactic Court to be turned into a hostage. The deadly humanoid assumes her identity and has an awakening as she deals with all the backstabbing and politics inherent in a crumbling empire.
Matt Tolmach, who is currently producing the Jumanji remake, will be acting as producer of the film.