The project reunites Kidman (pictured), Moriarty and Papandrea following their collaborations on HBO's critically acclaimed Big Little Lies, Hulu's Nine Perfect Strangers and the upcoming Australian series The Last Anniversary.
Fifth Season, also a partner on Nine Perfect Strangers and The Last Anniversary, recently won the film adaptation rights to the novel in a competitive situation and has set up the project with Blossom and Made Up Stories. Fifth Season has a partnership with the latter.
The mystery thriller Here One Moment, published last month by Crown Publishing, sees passengers on a plane trip later succumb to the clairvoyant predictions of a mysterious passenger known as The Death Lady.
The official synopsis reads: “Aside from a delay, there will be no problems. The flight will be smooth, it will land safely. Everyone who gets on the plane will get off. But almost all of them will be forever changed. Because on this ordinary, short, domestic flight, something extraordinary happens. People learn how and when they are going to die from “The Death Lady.” Not a single passenger or crew member will later recall noticing her board the plane.
A few months later, one passenger dies exactly as she predicted. Then two more passengers die, again, as she said they would. If you were told you only had a certain amount of time left to live, would you do things differently? Would you try to dodge your destiny?”
While nothing has been set in stone yet, we understand there's a good chance Kidman will star in the film adaptation, just as she did in Big Little Lies, Nine Perfect Strangers and The Last Anniversary.
“I’m so happy for the ongoing partnership with Liane and so grateful to count her amongst my closest friends and collaborators,” Kidman told us today.
This is the first new project announced for Oscar and Emmy winner Kidman since she won Best Actress in Venice last month for Dutch director Halina Reijn's A24 thriller Babygirl.
We can also reveal that UTA has just signed Australian author Moriarty for film and television representation, which is a coup for the agency given the writer's huge global popularity. Moriarty has sold more than 20 million copies of her books worldwide (they have been translated into 40 languages). She is also known for book adaptations such as Peacock's Apples Never Fall and the upcoming Sony film The Husband's Secret with Blake Lively.