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Red Rising: Lawrence to direct first book, Rhodes writing

Justin Rhodes, who wrote for Terminator: Dark Fate and Secret Level, will write the script, with Cameron MacConomy producing; Paramount has the first novel.

On air: Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield on Late Night BBN
Published 10:20 PM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

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Watch it as it aired: Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield on this story, from Late Night BBN at 10:20 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Deadline's, the jokes are ours.

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First reported by Deadline: “Francis Lawrence To Direct Sci-Fi Film ‘Red Rising’ For Paramount”, with reporting from Variety.
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 10:20 PM ET on Late Night BBN, by Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield.

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Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentVariety and Deadline both have the details now: Paramount has the rights to the Red Rising books, Francis Lawrence is set to direct the first novel, and Justin Rhodes is writing the script.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA color-coded society with a Hunger Games director steering? I would watch that twice, and I haven't opened the book once.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe book came out in twenty fourteen. That's a long time on the shelf.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorTwenty fourteen? That's practically a classic!
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA story about ranking people by color, pitched by a business that ranks everything by sequel. I'm already writing Red Rising Two: The Orange Spin-Off.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorPut me down for opening night. Rex, are you ranked above or below the bench tonight?

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