Chloe Benjamin and David Heyman David Enloe; Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Warner Bros Pictures has optioned Under Story, the upcoming novel by Chloe Benjamin, the author of The New York Times bestseller The Immortalists. David Heyman and Jeff Clifford are on board to produce what would be a feature adaptation via their of Heyday Films, the banner behind the Harry Potter movies and the awards season player Jay Kelly. The book, which doesn't hit book stores until September 2026 from Putnam, is described as an ambitious exploration of the power of second chances and the hope that the impossible might also be true. Related Stories Movies 'Awards Chatter' Pod: 'Jay Kelly' Composer Nicholas Britell Discusses and Performs His Greatest Scores TV Nicôle Lecky Soars: Actor-Writer on Creating BBC Thriller 'Wild Cherry' and Making Her Film Debut in Noah Baumbach's 'Jay Kelly' The story centers on a former biologist who has tried to escape her life by working at research station in Antarctica. A visual disturbance, however, draws a group of physicists to the location, her ex-husband among them. Now the woman sees a chance to turn back the clock and relive their love story a second time, but this time by doing things differently. Execs Jesse Ehrman and Kevin McCormick will oversee for Warners. Erin Hoffman, the studio's vp of literary affairs, was integral in bringing the project to Warners. Benjamin, who graduated from Vassar College and holds an MFA in fiction from the University of Wisconsin, made her novel debut in 2014 with The Anatomy of Dreams, which received the Edna Ferber Fiction Book Award and was long-listed for the 2014 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. She followed that up with The Immortalists, a drama that explored the ideas of destiny versus choice in a story about four siblings who are told their futures by a psychic and the ensuing decades of their lives. The novel was a massive sales hit and was named best book of 2018 by NPR, The Washington Post and Entertainment Weekly. It is currently in development for television at Netflix, with 21 Laps Entertainment producing. Translation rights for Under Story have already sold in Dutch (Meulenhoff), German (Btb/Penguin Random House), Italian (Rizzoli) and are at auction for Spanish rights to Urano. Benjamin is repped by WME. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Women in Entertainment 2025 Gwyneth Paltrow Gets Emotional Saying the Industry Has "Welcomed Me Back" at THR Women in Entertainment Gala Women in Entertainment 2025 Sarah Paulson Shares Trove of Text Messages From Late Friend Diane Keaton Heat Vision New 'Paranormal Activity' Movie in the Works With James Wan Joining Franchise as Producer (Exclusive) One Battle After Another National Board of Review Names 'One Battle After Another' as Best Film of 2025 Women in Entertainment 2025 Goldie Hawn, Sarah Paulson Give Emotional Tribute to Late Friend Diane Keaton at THR's Women in Entertainment Gala: "She Was Lightning in a Bottle" Heat Vision 'Influencers' Director on Making a Scary Movie for Scary Times: "Horror Is a Great Platform" Women in Entertainment 2025 Gwyneth Paltrow Gets Emotional Saying the Industry Has "Welcomed Me Back" at THR Women in Entertainment Gala Women in Entertainment 2025 Sarah Paulson Shares Trove of Text Messages From Late Friend Diane Keaton Heat Vision New 'Paranormal Activity' Movie in the Works With James Wan Joining Franchise as Producer (Exclusive) One Battle After Another National Board of Review Names 'One Battle After Another' as Best Film of 2025 Women in Entertainment 2025 Goldie Hawn, Sarah Paulson Give Emotional Tribute to Late Friend Diane Keaton at THR's Women in Entertainment Gala: "She Was Lightning in a Bottle" Heat Vision 'Influencers' Director on Making a Scary Movie for Scary Times: "Horror Is a Great Platform"