Miramax Picks Up the Rights to Amy Taylor's Upcoming Novel RUINS to Make Film Set to Star Vanessa Kirby & Sebastian Stan
In a competitive bidding war, Miramax has won the rights to author Amy Taylor’s upcoming second novel, Ruins, with Oscar nominees and longtime friends Vanessa Kirby and Sebastian Stan attached to headline and produce.
The story follows a couple whose affair with a young Greek woman over the course of a summer in Athens threatens to crack their relationship open in a story about privilege and power, desire and intimacy.
Taylor’s first hit novel was Search History in 2023. Ruins is set to be released in the U.S. on August 12th, and Allen & Unwin will publish in Australia and New Zealand on July 1st. There is currently an ongoing negotiation for UK publishing rights.
Stan recently received an Academy Award nomination as well as Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for his role as a young Donald Trump in The Apprentice. He won a Golden Globe Award for his performance in A24’s A Different Man.
He earned an Emmy, SAG and Golden Globe nomination for his role in the Hulu limited series Pam and Tommy. Upcoming he will star in Cristian Munju’s next feature film Fjord for Neon and he will next begin production on Justin Kurzel’s Burning Rainbow Farm, which he will star in opposite Leo Woodall. Stan can currently be seen reprising his role of Bucky Barnes in Marvel’s Thunderbolts* and he’s currently filming Avengers: Doomsday.
Oscar, Golden Globe, Emmy and Critics Choice nominee Kirby will next star as Sue Storm (The Invisible Woman) in Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps which will be released globally on July 25. She too is currently filming Avengers: Doomsday.
This summer she can be seen in Vertical’s Ron Howard’s directed period thriller Eden. Also on the horizon is Netflix’s Night Always Comes, which she also produced through her company Aluna Entertainment.
She earned critical acclaim for her performance in Kornél Mundruczó’s Pieces of a Woman for which she was nominated for an Academy Award. Other credits across film and television include the Mission: Impossible franchise, Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, The Crown series, The World to Come, and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw.
via: Deadline