Matt Shakman PMC EXCLUSIVE: TriStar Pictures has preemptively acquired The Last Orbit, a forthcoming book from New York Times bestselling author Ben Mezrich, inking a deal for Matt Shakman (The Fantastic Four: First Steps) to direct from a story adapted by Josh Friedman (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes). Slated for publication by Authors Equity in Q1 2027, The Last Orbit is speculative fiction about the asteroid YR4, which has a statistically significant chance of hitting Earth or the moon in 2032.