Sony Pictures has pre-emptively acquired rights to Oscar-nominated writer Eric Heisserer's (Arrival) debut novel, Simultaneous. Published last week by Flatiron Books, the novel "is a suspenseful psychological thriller revolving around a past-life regression therapist and an agent from the Predictive Analytics department of Homeland Security who become unlikely partners when they discover a phenomenon tied to reincarnation, uncovering a supernatural killer exploiting his own past lives," Deadline reported.
Producers on a planned film adaptation will include Heisserer and Carmen Lewis under Heisserer's Chronology banner. Heisserer most recently served as showrunner, executive producer, and writer for the Netflix series Shadow and Bone, based on the works of Leigh Bardugo.