Director James Wan and John Wick writer Derek Kolstad are joining forces to adapt a sci-fi time travel story called Hunting Season. James Wan is widely known for his work in horror with both the Saw and The Conjuring franchises, but has recently branched out and directed the seventh Fast and Furious movie as well as the DCEU solo film Aquaman.
James Wan and Derek Kolstad are teaming up to adapt the 1951 novelette Hunting Season by Frank M. Robinson. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film will be set sometime in the future and will follow a law officer "who is declared an enemy of the state and sentenced to be executed by that society’s method of choice: sent to the past where they are stalked by a posse." The officer will be forced to adjust to his new reality and find a way to survive. The project is being compared to other classic sci-fi stories like Fahrenheit 451 and 1984.
Frank M. Robinson was a writer known for his novels and collections of short stories, largely in the realm of science fiction. One of his most famous works is The Glass Inferno, a technothriller he co-wrote with Thomas N. Scortia. Robinson, who was openly gay, was also a speechwriter for gay politician Harvey Milk in the 1970s.
Derek Kolstad was a big player in creating the John Wick franchise. He wrote the script for the first installment and went on to work on the two sequels, John Wick: Chapter 2 and John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum. Kolstad is also a writer on the upcoming Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, as well as the upcoming video game adaptation of Just Cause.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter