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‘Bodies at Rest’ Only When Evidence is Protected
Nasser Entertainment and Caliber Media Co. are partnering to bring thriller Bodies at Rest to life.
Penned by David Lesser, “The story centers on three thugs who break into a morgue to cover up a crime and the medical examiner and assistant who must figure out a way to stay alive as well as protect the evidence.”
Caliber is in post on Static, starring Milo Ventimiglia.
Lesser’s worked extensively in TV, writing on “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch” as well as “Who’s the Boss?”
Joseph and Jack Nasser of Nasser Entertainment along with Caliber’s Dallas Sonnier and Jack Heller will produce and finance the feature. Mike Goldberg, Josh Adler and Lesser will co-exec produce.
Two-time BAFTA winning filmmaker Joe Wright (Hanna, “Black Mirror“) is set to direct the feature adaptation of post-apocalyptic thriller novel, Juice, Deadline reports today.
Emmy winner Abi Morgan (Shame, “Eric”) will adapt Tim Winton‘s novel for Working Title Films.
In Juice, “A young husband and father is recruited into a top-secret resistance organization, to join the ranks of militia men tasked with targeting the isolated and wealthy culprits responsible for this global catastrophe. When a mission goes wrong, he finds himself on the run, having to fight to the end to survive in this hostile world.”
It’s set in a world ravaged by climate-change disaster.
“I couldn’t be more thrilled that Tim Winton has entrusted us with his extraordinary epic,” Wright told Deadline. “The story is both a thrilling modern family saga and an urgent call to action. I cannot wait for audiences to experience it on the big screen.”
Winton added, “I’m pleased to know a filmmaker of Joe Wright’s calibre has chosen to adapt Juice for the screen. His capacity to portray the turmoil and the turning points of nations and peoples as well as private individuals distinguishes his work as a director and I’m confident that Juice is in good hands.”
Juice was initially published in October 2024 and longlisted for The Climate Fiction Prize 2026.
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