The Covenant film will be produced by Arts District Entertainment’s Roger Birnbaum and Michael Besman with Chris Stone set to oversee the project in behalf of Spyglass.
According to Deadline, Spyglass Media Group has successfully acquired the film rights to author Elizabeth Bear’s sci-fi short story titled Covenant with 10 Cloverfield Lane scribes Josh Campbell and Matt Stuecken attached to pen the screenplay.
Covenant follows the story of a former serial killer who has been sentenced to a mind repairing procedure which will cure his psychopathic tendencies to kill.
In addition, filmmaker Eli Roth (Hostel, The House with a Clock in Its Walls) has reportedly signed on to produce the sci-fi thriller.