Variety just reported that Headhunters helmer Morten Tyldum has come on to direct the adaptation of the Swedish thriller Chain of Events with Mark L. Smith attached to adapt.
But here’s the kicker, they describe is as World War Z meets The Da Vinci Code, which my brain can’t compute. What the hell does that even mean? Even after reading the synopsis I’m confused – maybe I should read the book?
The book was written by Frederick T. Olsson and “follows a washed-up cryptologist who finds himself pulled into an international conspiracy that claims to have created a way to map out all human disasters and terrorism through our DNA.“
Warners preemptively acquired the rights to the book last August and will now look to attach a producer to the project while Smith pens the script.