T.J. Newman was working as a flight attendant on the Virgin Airlines redeye flight from Los Angeles to New York when she had the idea for her debut novel Falling. That action thriller became a bestseller and was followed by Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421, which also became a bestseller. Film adaptations of both Falling and Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421 are already in the works – and now Deadline reports that the film rights to Newman’s third novel, Worst Case Scenario, are about to go up for auction.
Newman couldn’t get a lot of people interested in Falling at first. She was rejected by more than forty different agents. But then Shane Salerno and The Story Factory signed her, and her luck turned around in a major way. She landed a seven-figure deal with Avid Reader / Simon & Schuster, another seven figures for deals in thirty other countries…...
Newman couldn’t get a lot of people interested in Falling at first. She was rejected by more than forty different agents. But then Shane Salerno and The Story Factory signed her, and her luck turned around in a major way. She landed a seven-figure deal with Avid Reader / Simon & Schuster, another seven figures for deals in thirty other countries…...
- 4/29/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: T. J. Newman, the flight attendant who hung up her wings to become the bestselling author of the movie-bound action thriller novels Falling and Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421, is catching her next flight with Little Brown.
In a publishing industry shocker, Newman has left Simon & Schuster and signed a new multimillion-dollar mega deal with Little Brown. Newman’s first novel for the publisher is called Worst Case Scenario, which debuts August 13. Screen rights will be auctioned before the novel gets a big push from Little Brown. Newman stays in her wheelhouse – it all starts with a commercial flight – but the book veers into tentpole territory that might draw comparisons to Independence Day or War of the Worlds-meets-Chernobyl. The action surrounds mankind preventing an extinction-level disaster.
When a pilot suffers a widow-maker heart attack at 35,000 feet, a commercial airliner crashes into a nuclear power plant. Only the efforts of...
In a publishing industry shocker, Newman has left Simon & Schuster and signed a new multimillion-dollar mega deal with Little Brown. Newman’s first novel for the publisher is called Worst Case Scenario, which debuts August 13. Screen rights will be auctioned before the novel gets a big push from Little Brown. Newman stays in her wheelhouse – it all starts with a commercial flight – but the book veers into tentpole territory that might draw comparisons to Independence Day or War of the Worlds-meets-Chernobyl. The action surrounds mankind preventing an extinction-level disaster.
When a pilot suffers a widow-maker heart attack at 35,000 feet, a commercial airliner crashes into a nuclear power plant. Only the efforts of...
- 4/29/2024
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Warner Bros has Paul Thomas Anderson set to direct Oscar winners Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn as well as Regina Hall in an untitled film that will begin production this year in California. Anderson wrote the script, and he will produce the film with Sara Murphy and Adam Somner.
The film is currently untitled and they’re keeping the logline under wraps. We have learned that it is a contemporary setting and it is the most commercial one PTA has attempted, with commensurate budget. It came out of a relationship that Warner Bros Picture Group co-chairs/CEOs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy built making PTA’s last film, Licorice Pizza, while they ran MGM. That film got three Oscar noms for Best Picture, and Best Screenplay and Best Director for PTA.
While DiCaprio, Penn and Hall are the leads, the new film will have a big ensemble cast...
The film is currently untitled and they’re keeping the logline under wraps. We have learned that it is a contemporary setting and it is the most commercial one PTA has attempted, with commensurate budget. It came out of a relationship that Warner Bros Picture Group co-chairs/CEOs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy built making PTA’s last film, Licorice Pizza, while they ran MGM. That film got three Oscar noms for Best Picture, and Best Screenplay and Best Director for PTA.
While DiCaprio, Penn and Hall are the leads, the new film will have a big ensemble cast...
- 1/10/2024
- by Justin Kroll and Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
There's nothing Hollywood loves more than a snappy, propulsive, made-for-movies book premise from some of the most exciting authors around. Just in the last decade alone, we've seen writer Andy Weir parlay the breakout success of his debut work "The Martian" and its 2015 adaptation by director Ridley Scott into another upcoming movie deal, this time headlined by filmmakers Phil Lord and Chris Miller. More recently, "Gone Girl" author Gillian Flynn has had "Sharp Objects" turned into a major HBO series, while she teamed up with no less a talent than Steve McQueen to adapt the British TV series "Widows" into one of the most brilliant, under-appreciated thrillers of the last several years. Now, movie fans would be well advised to remember the name T.J. Newman, who appears ready to become the next big name-brand novelist around.
Newman's first novel "Falling" inspired a massive bidding war soon after publishing in 2021 and,...
Newman's first novel "Falling" inspired a massive bidding war soon after publishing in 2021 and,...
- 11/30/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Earlier this year, we heard that Warner Bros. had come out the winner of an intense bidding war over the film rights to author T.J. Newman’s second novel, Drowning: The Rescue Of Flight 1421 (you can pick up a copy at This Link). Now Deadline reports that Paul Greengrass – whose credits include The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, Jason Bourne, United 93, 22 July, Green Zone, Captain Phillips, and News of the World – has signed on to write, direct, and produce the film adaptation of Drowning.
Newman’s novel tells the following story: A plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation. A dozen survivors sink in a sealed part of the aircraft as it perches precariously on an undersea cliff 200 feet below the surface. Among them is an engineer and his 11-year-old daughter. His estranged wife and the girl...
Newman’s novel tells the following story: A plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation. A dozen survivors sink in a sealed part of the aircraft as it perches precariously on an undersea cliff 200 feet below the surface. Among them is an engineer and his 11-year-old daughter. His estranged wife and the girl...
- 11/29/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Paul Greengrass will adapt and direct Drowning: The Rescue Of Flight 1421, based on Tj Newman’s book.
There is no denying that Paul Greengrass’ signature shakycam style made quite an impact on action cinema in the mid to late 2000s, with many directors attempting to emulate his technique. Coming from a background of documentary filmmaking, he brought this to feature films with real impact.
Warner Bros today confirmed that Greengrass will write and direct an adaptation of Tj Newman’s bestselling novel Drowning: The Rescue Of Flight 1421.
The rights were the subject of an intense bidding war, with the final sum being in the region of one and a half million dollars.
The plot concerns “a plane which crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation. A dozen survivors sink in a sealed part of the aircraft as it perches precariously...
There is no denying that Paul Greengrass’ signature shakycam style made quite an impact on action cinema in the mid to late 2000s, with many directors attempting to emulate his technique. Coming from a background of documentary filmmaking, he brought this to feature films with real impact.
Warner Bros today confirmed that Greengrass will write and direct an adaptation of Tj Newman’s bestselling novel Drowning: The Rescue Of Flight 1421.
The rights were the subject of an intense bidding war, with the final sum being in the region of one and a half million dollars.
The plot concerns “a plane which crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation. A dozen survivors sink in a sealed part of the aircraft as it perches precariously...
- 11/29/2023
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Since hanging up his Bourne directing hat (looks like :a[someone else has picked it up]{href='https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-director-edward-berger-developing-new-jason-bourne-film/' }), Paul Greengrass has switched between returning to the historical thrillers that brought him to the world's attention (22 July) and crafted a novel adaptation News Of The World. Warner Bros. has him on board to work on another book-to-screen gig, as he's now attached to write, direct and produce a film based on Tj Newman's Drowning: The Rescue Of Flight 1421.
Newman's novel follows what happens when a plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes following takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation. A dozen survivors sink in a sealed part of the aircraft as it perches precariously on an undersea cliff 200 feet below the surface. Among them is an engineer and his 11-year-old daughter. His estranged wife — the girl’s mother — is part of the elite rescue...
Newman's novel follows what happens when a plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes following takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation. A dozen survivors sink in a sealed part of the aircraft as it perches precariously on an undersea cliff 200 feet below the surface. Among them is an engineer and his 11-year-old daughter. His estranged wife — the girl’s mother — is part of the elite rescue...
- 11/28/2023
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
Author T.J. Newman’s Falling: A Novel is being turned into a feature film over at Universal, and Deadline reports today that Newman’s follow-up Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421 is getting its own movie adaptation from Warner Bros. Paul Greengrass will write, direct and produce the upcoming film adaptation.
Deadline notes, “The novel quickly hit the New York Times bestseller list and was named a Best Book of the Year by Amazon, Waterstones and other major publications and booksellers.”
A hot bidding war ensued for the rights to turn Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421 into a feature film, with Warner Bros. winning the war against other seven-figure bids.
“In Drowning, a plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation. A dozen survivors sink in a sealed part of the aircraft as it perches precariously on an undersea cliff 200 feet below the surface.
Deadline notes, “The novel quickly hit the New York Times bestseller list and was named a Best Book of the Year by Amazon, Waterstones and other major publications and booksellers.”
A hot bidding war ensued for the rights to turn Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421 into a feature film, with Warner Bros. winning the war against other seven-figure bids.
“In Drowning, a plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation. A dozen survivors sink in a sealed part of the aircraft as it perches precariously on an undersea cliff 200 feet below the surface.
- 11/28/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Paul Greengrass has been set by Warner Bros to adapt, direct and produce Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 421. The T.J. Newman bestselling novel was the subject of a fevered bidding battle, with Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group co-heads Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy landing the novel for $1.5 million against $3 million. There were four other seven-figure bids on the table. The project reunites De Luca and Greengrass, who worked together on Captain Phillips.
In Drowning, a plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation. A dozen survivors sink in a sealed part of the aircraft as it perches precariously on an undersea cliff 200 feet below the surface. Among them is an engineer and his 11-year-old daughter. His estranged wife — she’s also the girl’s mother — is part of the elite rescue team that races to save the passengers before their air runs out.
In Drowning, a plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation. A dozen survivors sink in a sealed part of the aircraft as it perches precariously on an undersea cliff 200 feet below the surface. Among them is an engineer and his 11-year-old daughter. His estranged wife — she’s also the girl’s mother — is part of the elite rescue team that races to save the passengers before their air runs out.
- 11/28/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
I know that a lot of famous people — writers, directors, agents, lawyers, and powerbrokers — read Deadline every day.
But so do a lot of dreamers.
I know because for many years I was one of them.
This is an open letter to all the dreamers reading Deadline today.
After nearly two decades of trying and failing — and being rejected by 41 agents — last month, Warner Bros purchased the film rights to my second book, Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421, for $1.5 million against $3 million in a heated bidding war where five separate studios and streamers put up seven-figure offers. This is the part where I would normally say I never dreamed of something like this happening to me. But I did. I did dream. And dreams are important. They’re what keep us going. My dreams kept me going.
I’m writing to you now because I wish someone would have shown...
But so do a lot of dreamers.
I know because for many years I was one of them.
This is an open letter to all the dreamers reading Deadline today.
After nearly two decades of trying and failing — and being rejected by 41 agents — last month, Warner Bros purchased the film rights to my second book, Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421, for $1.5 million against $3 million in a heated bidding war where five separate studios and streamers put up seven-figure offers. This is the part where I would normally say I never dreamed of something like this happening to me. But I did. I did dream. And dreams are important. They’re what keep us going. My dreams kept me going.
I’m writing to you now because I wish someone would have shown...
- 5/9/2023
- by T.J. Newman
- Deadline Film + TV
Three years ago, T.J. Newman was handing out peanuts and pouring drinks for airplane passengers. Last month, she was hustling between Zoom calls with Nicole Kidman and Jerry Bruckheimer as they tried to outbid each other for the rights to “Drowning,” her upcoming novel about a jetliner that crashes into the ocean. It’s all part of an improbable Cinderella story that’s taken Newman, a flight attendant-turned-bestselling writer, from manning first-class cabins to becoming one of Hollywood’s most in-demand talents.
Newman admits she still hasn’t accepted her change in fortunes. “Any time I board a plane, I still want to get up and collect trash or help someone put their bag in an overhead bin,” she says. “I have to remind myself: You can sit and order a drink instead of serving it.”
These days, she can spring for Champagne. Landing the movie rights to “Drowning” triggered an all-out bidding war,...
Newman admits she still hasn’t accepted her change in fortunes. “Any time I board a plane, I still want to get up and collect trash or help someone put their bag in an overhead bin,” she says. “I have to remind myself: You can sit and order a drink instead of serving it.”
These days, she can spring for Champagne. Landing the movie rights to “Drowning” triggered an all-out bidding war,...
- 4/18/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Last week, we heard that author T.J. Newman is writing the screenplay for the film adaptation of her debut novel Falling (pick up a copy Here), a project which is set up at Universal Pictures. Now Deadline reports that Warner Bros. has come out the winner of an intense bidding war over the film rights to Newman’s second novel, Drowning.
Newman was working as a flight attendant on the Virgin Airlines redeye flight from Los Angeles to New York when she had the idea for Falling, which tells the story of an airplane pilot whose family has been kidnapped – and the kidnapper says his family will only be released if he crashes a plane with 143 passengers on board. Her second novel, which has the full title Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421, tells the following story: A plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation.
Newman was working as a flight attendant on the Virgin Airlines redeye flight from Los Angeles to New York when she had the idea for Falling, which tells the story of an airplane pilot whose family has been kidnapped – and the kidnapper says his family will only be released if he crashes a plane with 143 passengers on board. Her second novel, which has the full title Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421, tells the following story: A plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation.
- 3/27/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: After winning the Oscar for Best Documentary last year, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson has found his feature film directing debut as sources tell Deadline he will helm a live-action/hybrid reimaging of The Aristocats for Walt Disney Studios. Thompson also is executive producing and overseeing music for the film, whose script is by Will Gluck and Keith Bunin. Tarik Trotter, Shawn Gee and Zarah Zohlman will exec produce on behalf of Two One Five Entertainment.
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Gluck and his production company, Olive Bridge, are producing along with Thompson’s Two One Five.
The film is based on the 1970 animated pic...
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Gluck and his production company, Olive Bridge, are producing along with Thompson’s Two One Five.
The film is based on the 1970 animated pic...
- 3/27/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Screen greats Samuel L. Jackson and Vincent Cassel have been set to lead cast in action thriller Damaged, about a Chicago detective who goes to Scotland after an emerging serial killer’s crimes match those that he investigated five years earlier, one of which was the crime scene of his murdered girlfriend.
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- 3/27/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In one of the wildest book rights auctions the town has seen in some time, Warner Bros. production co-heads Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy tonight landed screen rights to the upcoming T.J. Newman novel Drowning: The Rescue Of Flight 1421. Studio paid $1.5 million against $3 million, and there were five seven-figure bids on the table, sources said.
It’s the second splashy thriller novel set in the world of aviation written by Newman, who worked as a flight attendant as she wrote her debut novel Falling, which sold in three 7-figure deals: a worldwide publishing deal with Avid Reader/Simon & Schuster; foreign rights in more than 30 countries; and a $1.5 million movie deal with Universal and Working Title. The debut novel became the fastest-selling fiction debut for Simon & Schuster since 2004.
In her second novel Drowning, a plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation.
It’s the second splashy thriller novel set in the world of aviation written by Newman, who worked as a flight attendant as she wrote her debut novel Falling, which sold in three 7-figure deals: a worldwide publishing deal with Avid Reader/Simon & Schuster; foreign rights in more than 30 countries; and a $1.5 million movie deal with Universal and Working Title. The debut novel became the fastest-selling fiction debut for Simon & Schuster since 2004.
In her second novel Drowning, a plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation.
- 3/27/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
T.J. Newman was working as a flight attendant on the Virgin Airlines redeye flight from Los Angeles to New York when she had the idea for a novel she ended up calling Falling. She couldn’t get a lot of people interested in her story at first. She was rejected by more than forty different agents. But then Shane Salerno and The Story Factory signed her, and her luck turned around in a major way. She landed a seven-figure deal with Avid Reader / Simon & Schuster, another seven figures for deals in thirty other countries… and then the film rights went to Universal Pictures and Working Title for $1.5 million. They were the winners of a bidding war that included more than a dozen bids. Now Deadline reports that Newman has been hired to write the screenplay adaptation of Falling herself.
Falling (pick up a copy Here) has the following description:...
Falling (pick up a copy Here) has the following description:...
- 3/22/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Released last year, #1 national bestseller Falling: A Novel is headed to the screen, with Deadline reporting that T.J. Newman will be writing the adaptation of her own novel.
Newman is writing the screenplay for Universal and Working Title.
Falling: A Novel has been called “Jaws at 35,000 feet.”
Here’s the official synopsis for the book…
“You just boarded a flight to New York. There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard. What you don’t know is that thirty minutes before the flight your pilot’s family was kidnapped. For his family to live, everyone on your plane must die. The only way the family will survive is if the pilot follows his orders and crashes the plane. Enjoy the flight.”
Deadline notes, “Newman is the flight attendant who filled the down time on flights scribbling an aviation thriller, only to see her get rejected by 41 agents before Shane Salerno...
Newman is writing the screenplay for Universal and Working Title.
Falling: A Novel has been called “Jaws at 35,000 feet.”
Here’s the official synopsis for the book…
“You just boarded a flight to New York. There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard. What you don’t know is that thirty minutes before the flight your pilot’s family was kidnapped. For his family to live, everyone on your plane must die. The only way the family will survive is if the pilot follows his orders and crashes the plane. Enjoy the flight.”
Deadline notes, “Newman is the flight attendant who filled the down time on flights scribbling an aviation thriller, only to see her get rejected by 41 agents before Shane Salerno...
- 3/21/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Flight attendant-turned-tyro author T.J. Newman has been set to write the script for her debut bestselling novel Falling for Universal and Working Title. Now, her follow-up manuscript has leaked around town and could be the next hot auction title.
The new one is Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421, and it will be shopped imminently. A plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation. A dozen survivors sink in a sealed part of the aircraft as it perches precariously on an undersea cliff 200 feet below the surface. Among them is an engineer and his 11-year-old daughter. His estranged wife and the girl’s mother is part of the elite rescue team that races to save the passengers before their air runs out.
Newman is the flight attendant who filled the down time on flights scribbling an aviation thriller, only to...
The new one is Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421, and it will be shopped imminently. A plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation. A dozen survivors sink in a sealed part of the aircraft as it perches precariously on an undersea cliff 200 feet below the surface. Among them is an engineer and his 11-year-old daughter. His estranged wife and the girl’s mother is part of the elite rescue team that races to save the passengers before their air runs out.
Newman is the flight attendant who filled the down time on flights scribbling an aviation thriller, only to...
- 3/21/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
During cross-country red-eye flights, while her passengers slept, T.J. Newman looked out at her passengers and wondered: when hundreds of lives depend on one pilot's actions, what happens when he faces an impossible decision that puts them all at risk? From that chilling question, the former flight attendant wrote Falling (out July 6), a heart-pounding debut novel that might be this summer's most-talked-about thriller.
When the plot kicks off, Bill, a career pilot for Coastal Airways, has just reached cruising altitude. As his plane jets from Los Angeles to New York City, he receives an email from his wife, Carrie - strange, because they'd been in a nasty argument when Bill left for his flight. He opens the email to see a photo of Carrie and their young son, bound and blindfolded in their living room, with a bomb strapped to Carrie's chest. Soon, the next message comes through: his family has been kidnapped.
When the plot kicks off, Bill, a career pilot for Coastal Airways, has just reached cruising altitude. As his plane jets from Los Angeles to New York City, he receives an email from his wife, Carrie - strange, because they'd been in a nasty argument when Bill left for his flight. He opens the email to see a photo of Carrie and their young son, bound and blindfolded in their living room, with a bomb strapped to Carrie's chest. Soon, the next message comes through: his family has been kidnapped.
- 6/30/2021
- by Maggie Ryan
- Popsugar.com
As top writer and director names swirl around the film adaption, T.J. Newman’s forthcoming book, Falling, is debuting its first official trailer.
The 56-second tease follows a whirlwind couple of weeks for the 36-year-old author, a one-time flight attendant who, in a matter of days earlier this month, inked both a seven-figure book deal with Simon & Schuster’s Avid Reader and a seven-figure pact for the movie rights at Universal.
The project, which began as scribblings on the back on napkins and iPads during Newman’s former red-eye route, is set 35,000 feet in the air. The premise: 143 passengers on ...
The 56-second tease follows a whirlwind couple of weeks for the 36-year-old author, a one-time flight attendant who, in a matter of days earlier this month, inked both a seven-figure book deal with Simon & Schuster’s Avid Reader and a seven-figure pact for the movie rights at Universal.
The project, which began as scribblings on the back on napkins and iPads during Newman’s former red-eye route, is set 35,000 feet in the air. The premise: 143 passengers on ...
- 2/18/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Update 2/11/21: According to THR, Universal won a heated bidding war for the screen rights to Falling, paying $1.5 million and beating out other suitors including Neil Moritz, Jason Bateman, Matt Reeves, and Jerry Bruckheimer. Our original story from February 8 continues below. You’ve probably never heard of T.J. Newman, and until a few days ago, […]
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- 2/11/2021
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
Universal Studios has won the film rights to “Falling,” the debut novel of former flight attendant T.J. Newman, in a seven-figure deal, according to an individual with knowledge of the deal.
“Falling” is described as “Speed” at 35,000 feet and centers on a crowded flight from New York to L.A., with 140-plus passengers who don’t know that their pilot’s family was kidnapped a half-hour before takeoff. Now, in order for his family to live, the pilot must follow orders and crash their plane.
Newman signed a seven-figure two-book deal with Simon & Schuster’s Avid Reader Press last week.
Universal beat out other bidders on the project including Neil Moritz, Jason Bateman, Matt Reeves and Jerry Bruckheimer. Matt Reilly will oversee the project for Universal along with Working Title’s Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, and The Story Factory’s Shane Salerno, who reps Newman, is also on board to produce.
“Falling” is described as “Speed” at 35,000 feet and centers on a crowded flight from New York to L.A., with 140-plus passengers who don’t know that their pilot’s family was kidnapped a half-hour before takeoff. Now, in order for his family to live, the pilot must follow orders and crash their plane.
Newman signed a seven-figure two-book deal with Simon & Schuster’s Avid Reader Press last week.
Universal beat out other bidders on the project including Neil Moritz, Jason Bateman, Matt Reeves and Jerry Bruckheimer. Matt Reilly will oversee the project for Universal along with Working Title’s Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, and The Story Factory’s Shane Salerno, who reps Newman, is also on board to produce.
- 2/11/2021
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Last week, a onetime flight attendant landed a seven-figure book deal — this week, she nabbed a seven-figure film one.
Screen rights to T.J. Newman’s first thriller, Falling, landed with Universal Pictures following a heated bidding war. Per one well-placed source, the project, which has been described as “Speed at 35,000 feet,” sold for a whopping $1.5 million.
Newman is said to have written her debut novel, the first in a two-book deal with Simon & Schuster’s Avid Reader Press, on the backs of airplane napkins and on iPads during her former red-eye route. It centers on a crowded flight ...
Screen rights to T.J. Newman’s first thriller, Falling, landed with Universal Pictures following a heated bidding war. Per one well-placed source, the project, which has been described as “Speed at 35,000 feet,” sold for a whopping $1.5 million.
Newman is said to have written her debut novel, the first in a two-book deal with Simon & Schuster’s Avid Reader Press, on the backs of airplane napkins and on iPads during her former red-eye route. It centers on a crowded flight ...
- 2/10/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Last week, a onetime flight attendant landed a seven-figure book deal — this week, she nabbed a seven-figure film one.
Screen rights to T.J. Newman’s first thriller, Falling, landed with Universal Pictures following a heated bidding war. Per one well-placed source, the project, which has been described as “Speed at 35,000 feet,” sold for a whopping $1.5 million.
Newman is said to have written her debut novel, the first in a two-book deal with Simon & Schuster’s Avid Reader Press, on the backs of airplane napkins and on iPads during her former red-eye route. It centers on a crowded flight ...
Screen rights to T.J. Newman’s first thriller, Falling, landed with Universal Pictures following a heated bidding war. Per one well-placed source, the project, which has been described as “Speed at 35,000 feet,” sold for a whopping $1.5 million.
Newman is said to have written her debut novel, the first in a two-book deal with Simon & Schuster’s Avid Reader Press, on the backs of airplane napkins and on iPads during her former red-eye route. It centers on a crowded flight ...
- 2/10/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hollywood loves a good bidding war and THR has reported that the latest revolves around Falling, a thriller novel from first-time author T.J. Newman. Written on the backs of napkins and on iPads while she worked as a flight attendant on a red-eye route, T.J. Newman's Falling has been described as "Speed at 35,000 feet," and studios, networks, and streamers are…...
- 2/8/2021
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
A onetime flight attendant landed a seven-figure book deal — and, now, a Hollywood pact is expected to follow.
On Feb. 4, the Associated Press broke the news of T.J. Newman’s journey from flight attendant to first-time author, with a two-book pact with Simon & Schuster imprint Avid Reader Press. The 36-year-old has said she wrote the first book, the thriller Falling, on the backs of airplane napkins and on iPads during her red-eye route.
The premise: 140-plus passengers on a crowded flight from New York to L.A. don’t know that a half-hour before takeoff, their pilot’s family was kidnapped. Now,...
On Feb. 4, the Associated Press broke the news of T.J. Newman’s journey from flight attendant to first-time author, with a two-book pact with Simon & Schuster imprint Avid Reader Press. The 36-year-old has said she wrote the first book, the thriller Falling, on the backs of airplane napkins and on iPads during her red-eye route.
The premise: 140-plus passengers on a crowded flight from New York to L.A. don’t know that a half-hour before takeoff, their pilot’s family was kidnapped. Now,...
A one-time flight attendant landed a seven-figure book deal — and, now, a Hollywood pact is expected to follow.
On Feb. 4, the Associated Press broke the news of T.J. Newman’s journey from flight attendant to first-time author, with a two-book pact with Simon & Schuster imprint Avid Reader Press. The 36-year-old has said she wrote the first book, the thriller Falling, on the backs of airplane napkins and on iPads during her red-eye route.
The premise: 140-plus passengers on a crowded flight from New York to LA don’t yet know that a half-hour before takeoff, their pilot’s family has been kidnapped. Now,...
On Feb. 4, the Associated Press broke the news of T.J. Newman’s journey from flight attendant to first-time author, with a two-book pact with Simon & Schuster imprint Avid Reader Press. The 36-year-old has said she wrote the first book, the thriller Falling, on the backs of airplane napkins and on iPads during her red-eye route.
The premise: 140-plus passengers on a crowded flight from New York to LA don’t yet know that a half-hour before takeoff, their pilot’s family has been kidnapped. Now,...
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