Lionsgate has picked up screen rights to “The Wonder Of All Things,” the sophomore novel by Jason Mott, whose debut “The Returned” is the basis for the ABC series “Resurrection.”
The story, according to Deadline.com: When a pilot loses control of his plane during an air show and crashes into the stands, two 13-year-old best friends, Wash and Ava, are trapped beneath the rubble. They are found by rescuers, but Wash is seriously injured, a chunk of steel protruding from his belly. Ava tries to help him by pulling free the metal, but blood rushes out; he’s dying. She panics and puts her hands on the wound, crying. When she pulls her hands away, the wound is gone, healed without a scar. Rescuers captured the miracle on their cell phone cameras. It goes up on YouTube, and she becomes the center of attention from media, scientists, and religious leaders.
Like “Phenomenon” and “The Green Mile,” the film will be a collision between real-world reaction and supernatural events that are not easily explained.
Lionsgate’s Jeyun Choi and Erik Feig reeled in the book in a deal brokered by Sean Daily at Hotchkiss And Associates on behalf of Michelle Brower at Folio Literary Management.
David Heyman’s Heyday Films will produce with John Fischer and Jeffrey Clifford.
Read more at https://www.eurweb.com/2014/08/lionsgate-nabs-jason-mott-novel-the-wonder-of-all-things/#XtxwHWWeJi2H1BuZ.99
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