Way back in July 2014 it was reported that Edgar Wright would be adapting Andrew Smith’s YA novel Grasshopper Jungle, and now with his latest film Baby Driver gearing up for release this summer, it looks like the British filmmaker is ready to move ahead with his next project.
According to THR, New Regency is in final negotiations to pick up the project following a competitive bidding war that included several companies, including Netflix. The film had previously been set up at Sony.
Grasshopper Jungle is “a coming-of-age story that focuses on an Iowa teen trying to come to grips with his own raging hormones and sexual feelings as he and his cohorts cause a deadly genetically engineered plague that unleashes an army of 6-foot-tall praying mantises. Those bugs live the life these guys wish for, acting on an insatiable appetite for fighting, food, and fornicating.”
Wright’s latest film Baby Driver is set for release on June 28th and stars Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm, Jon Bernthal, and Eiza González.
Originally published April 16, 2017. Updated April 15, 2018.
