Exclusive: Universal Pictures has purchased screen rights to The Premonition: A Pandemic Story, the new book by Michael Lewis about several U.S. heroes who, in the early days of Covid-19, tried to sound the alarm about the dangers of underestimating the deadly seriousness of the killer virus. Phil Lord & Christopher Miller will direct and produce along with Aditya Sood through their Lord Miller banner. They’re producing it with Amy Pascal, through her Pascal Pictures banner, along with Rachel O’Connor.
They need to secure a screenwriter and the hope is that the directors will take on the project after they complete Project Hail Mary, with Ryan Gosling starring for MGM. That one is from the Andy Weir novel, and both that and The Premonition were published as books last week.
Much as his book The Big Short focused on a group of financial experts who foresaw the global economic...
They need to secure a screenwriter and the hope is that the directors will take on the project after they complete Project Hail Mary, with Ryan Gosling starring for MGM. That one is from the Andy Weir novel, and both that and The Premonition were published as books last week.
Much as his book The Big Short focused on a group of financial experts who foresaw the global economic...
- 5/10/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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