Julianne Nicholson (Hacks, Paradise) and Coco Greenstone will join Brad Pitt in A24's film version of Tim Winton's novel The Riders, with Edward Berger directing and David Kajganich adapting. Deadline reported that Scott Free's Ridley Scott and Michael Pruss will produce the movie alongside Kajganich and Berger's Nine Hours, as well as Pitt, Jeremy Kleiner and Dede Gardner for Plan B Entertainment. Production will begin soon and shoot in multiple locations across Europe.
Deadline added: "The novel follows Fred Scully (Pitt), who, after traveling through Europe for two years, winds up in Ireland with his wife and daughter. And on a mystical whim of his wife Jennifer, they buy an old farmhouse that stands in the shadow of a castle. While Scully spends weeks alone renovating the old house, Jennifer returns to Australia to liquidate their assets. When Scully arrives at Shannon Airport to pick up Jennifer and their 7-year-old daughter, Billie, it is Billie who emerges--alone. There is no note, no explanation, not so much as a word from Jennifer, and the shock has left Billie speechless. In that instant, Scully's life falls to pieces."