Filmmaker Thea Sharrock (Me Before You) will direct Lionsgate's film adaptation of The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros. The Hollywood Reporter noted that Todd Lieberman (The Housemaid, War Machine) is producing for his company Hidden Pictures. Arash Amel (A Private War, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare) adapted the novel for the project.
Yarros is exec producing through her company Full Measures Productions. Also exec producing are Amel, through the Amel Company, along with Alex Young and Carly Kleinbart Elter of Hidden Pictures.
"Thea has an incredible gift for emotional storytelling and is the perfect filmmaker to bring Rebecca Yarros's sweeping, romantic, and heartbreaking story to the screen," said Lionsgate Motion Picture Group president Erin Westerman.