Goddard will write and produce the adaptation of the book “Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow” by Jessica Townsend for Twentieth Century Fox.
Academy Award-nominated writer Drew Goddard (The Martian, The Cabin in the Woods) is set to adapt a new book coming out on Halloween into a feature film script, according to THR.
Goddard is known for writing the film Cloverfield as well as a number of episodes of the TV series Lost.
Chased by black-smoke hounds and shadowy hunters on horseback, he whisks her away into the safety of a secret, magical city called Nevermoor.