Adrian McKinty is an excellent author, under appreciated until his 2019 hit book The Chain.

An Uber driver at the time, the film option earned McKinty $1.5 million

The Island (2022) is intense.

Hulu has acquired the rights to develop The Island as a limited TV series.

After moving from a small country town to Seattle, Heather Baxter marries Tom, a widowed doctor with a young son and teenage daughter. …

When they discover remote Dutch Island, off-limits to outside visitors, the family talks their way onto the ferry, taking a chance on an adventure far from the reach of iPhones and Instagram.

But as soon as they set foot on the island, which is run by a tightly knit clan of locals, everything feels wrong. Then a shocking accident propels the Baxters from an unsettling situation into an absolute nightmare. …

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