Chaos Walking will be the latest trilogy of novels to see a big screen adaptation. Lionsgate will have Charlie Kaufman turning the young adult story into what could become a brand new franchise.
Deadline reports that the studio is hoping the Partrick Ness novel will catch on like the Hunger Games and start a new franchise. The story takes place in "a dystopian future with humans colonizing a distant earth-like planet." One kid is the only key to salvation when an infection breaks out that makes all thoughts audible. With privacy gone, control falls apart and corruption reigns.
Kaufman, known for adapting Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and The Orchid Thief, has a style of his own and ofter uses his creative imagination to incorporate scenes that were never in the source material.
