New Regency is in final talks to pick up Edgar Wright‘s adaptation of the lauded 2014 Andrew Smith YA novel Grasshopper Jungle, according to THR.
The book was a 2015 Michael L. Printz Honor Book and winner of the 2014 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction.
Here is the official tagline for the Grasshopper Jungle: “In the small town of Ealing, Iowa, Austin and his best friend, Robby, have accidentally unleashed an unstoppable army.
His next film is the highly anticipated Baby Driver starring Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx and Kevin Spacey.