Before Icelandic author, Ragnar Jónasson‘s new novel Outside hits the shelves on June 28, a movie adaptation is already in the works, Deadline reports. Ridley Scott has already optioned the story under his Scott Free Productions banner which will produce along with Truenorth.
Henrik Hansen is currently in talks to direct the film that tells the story of “four friends seeking shelter in a small abandoned hunting lodge during a deadly Icelandic storm. Miles from help, and knowing they will die outside in the cold, they break open the lock and make their way inside, hoping to wait out the storm until morning. But nothing can prepare them for what they find behind the door.”
“Working with Ridley Scott, one of the great visionaries of cinema, is an immense honor,” Jónasson told Deadline. “I am very much looking forward to the adventure of bringing Outside to the screen with the teams at Scott Free and Truenorth.”
You can pre-order your copy of Outside now ahead of its June release.
