Exclusive: Scott Free Productions has chosen the rights to the acclaimed thriller Outside From bestselling Icelandic author Ragnar Jonasson for feature adaptation. Henrik Hansen, Scott’s acclaimed commercial director at RSA Films, is in talks to lead the project. The novel will be published in the United Kingdom on April 28, 2022, and in the United States in June 2022.
The story follows four friends who seek refuge in a small abandoned hunting lodge during a severe Icelandic storm. Miles away from help, and knowing they would die in the cold outside, they broke the lock and entered, hoping to wait for the storm until morning. But nothing can prepare them for what they get behind the door.
Ridley Scott, Tom Moran and Vera Meyer of Scott Free Productions will co-produce Leifur Dagfinson and Christine Thorderson of Truenorth Productions.
“Working with Ridley Scott, a great dreamer of cinema, is a huge honor. I look forward to the adventure of bringing Scott Free and Truenworth off the screen, “said Jonasen.
Jonasen is represented by Emily Hayward-Whitlock in The Artist Partnership, Monica Gram in the Copenhagen Literary Agency, and David Headley in the DHH Literary Agency.
Scott Free’s latest films include Ridley Scott’s 7 The Last Duel Starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Jody Comer; And Gucci’s house Also directed by Ridley Scott, starring Lady Gaga, Adam Driver and Al Pacino. Upcoming movies included Napoleon Ready to play the French military leader and Emperor Napoleon with Joaquin Phoenix, directed by Ridley Scott; Boston Strangler Keira starred in Knightley; The first climbDirected by Jake Scott, set up in Hulu with Daisy Ridley attached to it; No one in Berlin, A thriller starring Eric Bana and Kearnan Shipka; And a new movie Alien The franchise will be managed by Fed Alvarez.
