Malik
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Visual Effects Producer Jamie Stevenson (“Prey,” “Exodus Gods & Kings,” “The Wolverine”) has purchased a two-year film option for bestselling fantasy author Joseph Malik’s forthcoming science-fiction/fantasy crossover novel Stonelands. Pitched as “Stargate” meets “Black Hawk Down,” with an emphasis on intersectionality issues in modern-day Special Operations Forces, Stonelands underwent a nearly year-long declassification and security review due to its extensive military detail and Malik’s career in Intelligence and Special Operations. The U.S. Department of Defense has offered to consult on the project. Sarah Hershman of Hershman Rights Management brokered the deal.
Stevenson is currently the Visual Effects Producer for “Mayday” (2024), starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh and directed by “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” filmmakers Jonathan Goldstein and Jon Francis Daley.
Stonelands takes place in the same universe as Malik’s debut novel, Dragon’s Trail, which sold over 10,000 copies in 18 months and became a Kindle #1 bestseller in Epic Fantasy in the U.S., Australia, and Canada, as well as becoming a Barnes & Noble Nook bestseller. Malik is a full member of SFWA and was eligible for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction and Fantasy in 2017 and 2018.
Visual Effects Producer Jamie Stevenson (“Prey,” “Exodus Gods & Kings,” “The Wolverine”) has purchased a two-year film option for bestselling fantasy author Joseph Malik’s forthcoming science-fiction/fantasy crossover novel Stonelands. Pitched as “Stargate” meets “Black Hawk Down,” with an emphasis on intersectionality issues in modern-day Special Operations Forces, Stonelands underwent a nearly year-long declassification and security review due to its extensive military detail and Malik’s career in Intelligence and Special Operations. The U.S. Department of Defense has offered to consult on the project. Sarah Hershman of Hershman Rights Management brokered the deal.
Stevenson is currently the Visual Effects Producer for “Mayday” (2024), starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh and directed by “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” filmmakers Jonathan Goldstein and Jon Francis Daley.
Stonelands takes place in the same universe as Malik’s debut novel, Dragon’s Trail, which sold over 10,000 copies in 18 months and became a Kindle #1 bestseller in Epic Fantasy in the U.S., Australia, and Canada, as well as becoming a Barnes & Noble Nook bestseller. Malik is a full member of SFWA and was eligible for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction and Fantasy in 2017 and 2018.
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