Drew Goddard Set To Write and Direct Fox's NEVERMOOR: THE TRIALS OF MORRIGAN CROW Film

20th Century Fox has tapped Drew Goddard (Cabin in the Woods) to write and produce their upcoming film Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow, which is based on the upcoming Jessica Townsend Young Adult novel.

Deadline reports that the book, which is due out this Halloween was a popular title that sold at the Frankfurt Book Fair last year, with the middle-grade novel selling in 27 countries so far. Here is the plot synopsis:

The plot centers on Crow, a girl born on the unlucky day of Eventide, who’s fated to die at midnight on her 11th birthday. She is spared when rescued by a mysterious stranger, Jupiter North, who whisks her away to a secret city called Nevermoor. Jupiter owns the eccentric Hotel Deucalion and has chosen Morrigan to contend for a place in the city’s most prestigious society. The young girl must compete in four difficult and dangerous trials against hundreds of other children, each boasting an extraordinary talent.

Goddard, who also wrote Fox’s The Martian in 2015, was also set by the studio last month to write and direct X-Force, the X-Men universe pic. The next film he will direct is Bad Times at the El Royale with Chris Hemsworth and Jeff Bridges.