Lloyd Levin (The Green Zone, United 93) will produce a film adaptation of Warren Fahy’s novel Fragment, which combines a reality show on a remote South Pacific island with a host of terrifying new species of animals. The book was the subject of a bidding war at the London Book Fair and has been widely compared to the works of Michael Crichton and James Rollins.
“Fragment has found the perfect home,” said Fahy, who will write the screenplay. “Lloyd Levin’s track record is phenomenal. The movie will be everything Fragment fans have been hoping for, including me.”
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118021896.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
Book Jacket:
Scientists have made a startling discovery: the last fragment of a primordial supercontinent on which life has evolved separately from all other life on Earth.
The time is now. The place is the Trident, a long-range research vessel hired by the reality TV show SeaLife. Aboard is a cast of ambitious young scientists, and a director dying for drama. Henders Island might be just what the show needs to boost the ratings, until the first scientist sets foot ashore—and the ultimate test of survival begins.
For what they discover is not a lost world frozen in time, an island of mutants, or a lab where science has gone mad. This is the Earth as it might have been after evolving separately for half a billion years, an ecosystem that could topple ours like a house of cards.
Just as the stakes can’t get any higher, something more terrifying than anything humanity has ever encountered is discovered—and must be saved at any cost.
Critics say:
Fast-paced action adventure with a speculative scientific edge…this debut thriller effectively combines bone-chomping, blood-spurting action-adventure mayhem with intriguing (if improbable) scientific speculation. – Library Journal
How would you update JURASSIC PARK for 2009? Add reality television. The vessel Trident is on a yearlong global journey for a reality show calledSeaLife (think of Deadliest Catch with scientists) when the boat picks up an emergency beacon coming from Henders Island, a speck in the South Pacific that has been visited only once, by the British sea captain whose name it bears. Nell Duckworth, the Trident’s botanist, has been intrigued by Henders for years, and she sees her chance to do some real research. Cynthea Leeds, the producer of SeaLife, is just hoping for a little drama—and maybe romance too. They both get more than they bargained for. —Amy Virshup, NYTimes
Highly recommended for all popular collections—a perfect read for poolside this summer…FRAGMENT closely follows the patented Michael Crichton style – Booklist
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