Alcon Entertainment has set Isaac Adamson, writer of the number one script on 2015’s “Black List,” to adapt their The Ice Twins movie, based on psychological thriller novel by S.K. Tremayne. The announcement was made this morning by Alcon Entertainment co-founders and co-CEOs Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson.
The Ice Twins movie follows the relocation of a couple whose life is struck by tragedy when one of their twin daughters is killed in an accident. The novel itself is officially described as follows:
One of Sarah’s daughters died. But can she be sure which one? A terrifying psychological thriller that will chill you to the bone. A year after one of their identical twin daughters, Lydia, dies in an accident, Angus and Sarah Moorcraft move to the tiny Scottish island Angus inherited from his grandmother, hoping to put together the pieces of their shattered lives.But when their surviving daughter, Kirstie, claims they have mistaken her identity – that she, in fact, is Lydia – their world comes crashing down once again.As winter encroaches, Angus is forced to travel away from the island for work, Sarah is feeling isolated, and Kirstie (or is it Lydia?) is growing more disturbed. When a violent storm leaves Sarah and her daughter stranded, Sarah finds herself tortured by the past – what really happened on that fateful day one of her daughters died?
Tremayne’s The Ice Twins novel was recently the #1 fiction paperback in the UK and has been on the Top 10 Bestsellers list in Germany, Holland, Norway, Sweden and the US.
Also known for his mystery novels “Complication” and “Tokyo Suckerpunch,” Isaac Adamson made the Black List for his screenplay Bubbles, a biopic of Michael Jackson’s Chimpanzee.
Alcon’s Kosove and Johnson will serve as producers on The Ice Twins movie. Alcon’s Head of Development Carl Rogers and Creative Executive Alex Tompkins are overseeing the project’s development at Alcon.
