Exclusive: Cannes prize-winning Mexican filmmaker Alonso Alvarez-Barreda (Snowfall) has optioned Kaira Rouda’s USA Today bestselling thriller Beneath the Surface for development as a feature, which he will direct and produce. Also aboard to produce for Good Fear Content are Jake Weiner and Chris Bender. The team is currently meeting with writers to adapt the book, published in September 2023, which is billed as The White Lotus meets Succession.
The first book in Rouda’s Kingsley Family Series, to be followed up by Under the Palms on May 21st, Beneath the Surface introduces readers to the story of the wealthy Kingsley family of Southern California. At the center of the action are the power-hungry children of an aging billionaire, who prove unprepared for a storm of deceptions and ruthless family ambition, while out on a weekend voyage.
Alvarez-Barreda came to team with Weiner and Bender following his recent work with the...
The first book in Rouda’s Kingsley Family Series, to be followed up by Under the Palms on May 21st, Beneath the Surface introduces readers to the story of the wealthy Kingsley family of Southern California. At the center of the action are the power-hungry children of an aging billionaire, who prove unprepared for a storm of deceptions and ruthless family ambition, while out on a weekend voyage.
Alvarez-Barreda came to team with Weiner and Bender following his recent work with the...
- 2/1/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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