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Final Girls Film Coming From Universal Pictures

Riley Sager's novel Final Girls is getting a film adaptation from Universal Pictures. They will distribute and co-produce with Anonymous Content and Sugar23.

For those of you who did not read the book when it was released over the summer, here is the synopsis:

Ten years ago, college student Quincy Carpenter went on vacation with five friends and came back alone, the only survivor of a horror movie–scale massacre. In an instant, she became a member of a club no one wants to belong to—a group of similar survivors known in the press as the Final Girls. Lisa, who lost nine sorority sisters to a college dropout's knife; Sam, who went up against the Sack Man during her shift at the Nightlight Inn; and now Quincy, who ran bleeding through the woods to escape Pine Cottage and the man she refers to only as Him. The three girls are all attempting to put their nightmares behind them and, with that, one another. Despite the media's attempts, they never meet.Now, Quincy is doing well—maybe even great, thanks to her Xanax prescription. She has a caring almost-fiancé, Jeff; a popular baking blog; a beautiful apartment; and a therapeutic presence in Coop, the police officer who saved her life all those years ago. Her memory won't even allow her to recall the events of that night; the past is in the past.

That is until Lisa, the first Final Girl, is found dead in her bathtub, wrists slit; and Sam, the second, appears on Quincy's doorstep. Blowing through Quincy's life like a whirlwind, Sam seems intent on making Quincy relive the past, with increasingly dire consequences, all of which makes Quincy question why Sam is really seeking her out. And when new details about Lisa's death come to light, Quincy's life becomes a race against time as she tries to unravel Sam's truths from her lies, evade the police and hungry reporters, and, most crucially, remember what really happened at Pine Cottage, before what was started ten years ago is finished.

The book was a great read — it was very tense and brutal. Some have complained about the slow pace, and I wonder how that will translate to film, but I wouldn't fret too much about that. As with most things these days, the twist at the end is not too hard to figure out. For me, the journey needs to be more entertaining than the destination. If done correctly, this one would be an excellent example of that.

There is no director, writer, stars, or release date yet, but stay tuned!

Source: Deadline

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