EXCLUSIVE: In Cahoots, the production company run by Ken Kwapis and Alexandra Beattie, has acquired film rights to The Care And Feeding Of Exotic Pets, the Diana Wagman dark psychological novel that IG Publishing releases November 13. Kwapis has begun adapting the book and will direct the film.
The book follows Winnie Parker, mother to an angst-ridden teenage daughter and ex-wife of a famous game show host, who is kidnapped. What follows is a psychological game of cat and mouse set in the kidnapper's tropically heated house'kept that way because the kidnapper is a reptile lover who has set up his home as a haven for Cookie, a menacing seven-foot long Iguana. While desperately seeking to escape, Winnie uncovers the mystery surrounding her captivity. Wagman's previous novels include Bump, Spontaneous and Skin Deep.
Kwapis most recently directed Big Miracle for Working Title and Universal, and this novel caps a busy month for the 10-year old In Cahoots. Kwapis and Beattie last month sold two half-hour comedies to NBC through their new first-look deal at Universal. They've also got two Showtime pilots in the works. Kwapis and Beattie also have the feature project Alive And Well, written by David Hubbard, set up at Vendome Pictures, with Kwapis set to direct and Beattie to produce along with Kim Zubick
Wagman was represented in the deal by UTA and Terra Chalberg of Chalberg & Sussman. Kwapis, Beattie and In Cahoots are also represented by UTA and Code Entertainment.
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