There have been talks of Nick Cutter’s The Troop getting a movie adaptation for several years now, and Deadline reports that the project is finally taking shape at Paramount Primal.
Paramount Primal has acquired the rights to the 2014 novel, with Chris Basler writing the script.
The Troop follows a troop of boys who, while on their annual scout camping trip, encounter an intruder who unleashes something far more terrifying than any campfire ghost story.
As fear spreads, a brutal struggle for survival begins, turning the boys against the infected… and each other.
Lyrical Media (Onslaught) will produce the upcoming film adaptation.
Nick Cutter had told Bloody Disgusting back in May, “It is in the hands right now of a company called Lyrical, who is excellent, and they’ve got a script that they like.”
“That has been through so many iterations over the past decade or so,” he explained. “Different people have taken stabs at it. I remain hopeful that at some point it will see the light of day.”
Just three months later, here we are! Stay tuned for more.
In the meantime, Nick Cutter’s latest novel, The Dorians, is available now.
