Another bestselling thriller by Canadian author Linwood Barclay is about to get the Hollywood treatment. Barclay’s 2019 book “Fear the Worst,” about a divorced father searching for his missing teenage daughter, is set to star Jason Priestley, who will also executive produce the project. The deal was announced in a release Tuesday by film and television production company Reynolds Entertainment and Marina Cordoni Entertainment, which inked the deal. Barclay will pen the screenplay for “Fear the Worst.”This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 10, 2020. A previous version erroneously referred to Reynolds Entertainment as being backed by Ryan Reynolds.

Source: thestar November 10, 2020 16:24 UTC