Rumors have been circulating that actress and filmmaker Elizabeth Banks may take the helm on the Red Queen film adaptation. Banks (pictured, via) recently made her debut as a director with the hit movie, Pitch Perfect 2.
The Guardian reports that Gennifer Hutchison, a writer who has worked on both the Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul TV shows, will adapt Victoria Aveyard’s young adult book for the script. HarperCollins released this dystopian novel, the first installment of a planned trilogy, back in February 2015.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the story “is set in a world divided by blood color — red for ordinary people, silver for elites with supernatural abilities. When a street urchin saves her best friend, she is brought before the king and queen, where she suddenly displays special powers — powers impossible for a red blood.”