The Wrap has brought word that Yorgos Lanthimos, the Greek director behind the Oscar-nominated period drama The Favourite, is teaming with Imperative Entertainment to write and direct an adaptation of the 1964 crime novel, Pop. 1280.
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The adaptation will also be executive produced by Dan Friedkin and Bradley Thomas of Imperative, Micah Green and Dan Steinman of 30West, Elizabeth Karr of Discovery Productions, Ilene Feldman and Jon Levin.
In addition to Imperative, Lanthimos and John Alan Simon of Discovery Productions, the film will be produced by Andrew Lowe and Ed Guiney of Element Pictures, who have handled Lanthimos’ English-language films, beginning with 2015’s The Lobster and continuing with The Killing of a Sacred Deer and The Favourite.