I’m thrilled to share the news that Twentieth Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment have acquired the film rights to The Marriage Pact.
Justin Haythe will adapt the screenplay. Haythe adapted Richard Yates’s wonderful novel, Revolutionary Road, for the film directed by Sam Mendes, starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. He also wrote the forthcoming film Red Sparrow, starring Jennifer Lawrence, as well as The Lone Ranger and A Cure for Wellness.
Overseeing the project at Fox is Kira Goldberg.
Chernin is known most recently for Mrs. Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, adapted from the Ransom Riggs book of the same name, and War for The Planet of the Apes.
According to Deadline Hollywood, Fox and Chernin have also teamed up for the forthcoming “Idris Elba-Kate Winslett pic The Mountain Between Us, due out October 6 in the heat of awards season, and the Haythe-penned Red Sparrow slated for March 2.”
Newlyweds Alice and Jake are a picture-perfect couple. Alice, once a singer in a well-known rock band, is now a successful lawyer. Jake is a partner in an up-and-coming psychology practice. Their life together holds endless possibilities. After receiving an enticing wedding gift from one of Alice’s prominent clients, they decide to join an exclusive and mysterious group known only as The Pact.
The goal of The Pact seems simple: to keep marriages happy and intact. And most of its rules make sense. Always answer the phone when your spouse calls. Exchange thoughtful gifts monthly. Plan a trip together once per quarter. . . .
Never mention The Pact to anyone.
Alice and Jake are initially seduced by the glamorous parties, the sense of community, their widening social circle of like-minded couples. And then one of them breaks the rules.
The young lovers are about to discover that for adherents to The Pact, membership, like marriage, is for life. And The Pact will go to any lengths to enforce that rule. For Jake and Alice, the marriage of their dreams is about to become their worst nightmare.
“A twisting, suspenseful, keep-you-up-all-night thriller…It’s a deep, insightful, nearly voyeuristic view into the modern marriage…a smart, engrossing, scary read!”?—?LISA UNGER, New York Times bestselling author of The Red Hunter
“A brilliant premise for a novel of psychological suspense, tautly plotted and deftly written.” –JP DELANEY, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Before
“Richmond quickly moves beyond the expected with this imaginative tale of a worldwide, cultish movement called The Pact…With strong writing, intriguing characters, and a compelling conceit, this psychological thriller seems destined for the top of summer reading lists. Recommended as a fresh voice for readers of Gillian Flynn or Ruth Ware.” ~LIBRARY JOURNAL, starred review:
“Gripping, thought-provoking, irresistible.” Dean Koontz
Do you know someone in Sweden who likes thrillers and champagne? I saw this photo of Pakten, the Swedish edition of The Marriage Pact on the Instagram feed of my Swedish publisher, Natur & Kultur. The publisher is giving a way a box full of champagne and copies of Pakten, to a book club in Sweden. (Note – the actual crate will only be available if the winner is in Stockholm).
I only wish I could be there to join the celebration! Pakten will hit shelves in Sweden on July 25, to coincide with the American and British publication.
I was thrilled to see this photo of The Marriage Pact–surrounded by champagne, no less!–on the Instagram feed of my Swedish publisher, Natur & Kultur. I only wish I could be there to join the celebration! The book will hit shelves in Sweden on July 25, to coincide with the American and British publication.
