Barry Levy to Adapt ‘Paranoia’ for Gaumont

Gaumont has picked up rights to adapt Joseph Binder’s best selling novel ‘Paranoid’ into a feature film. The screenplay will be written by Barry Levy (Vantage Point) and the movie produced by Alexandra Milchan (Mirrors).

Story centers on a young man who funds a lavish retirement party for a co-worker with company funds and is caught by his boss. Accused of embezzlement, he agrees to spy for the boss to avoid prosecution. He is forced to infiltrate a rival company and steal information on a top-secret project. — Variety

It seems that the corporate underbelly of today’s society is gradually becoming a popular sub-genre, similar to that of what John Grisham’s books once were to film. Personally, these kinds of movies tend to bore me, but one never knows what a novel may hold. So, since I have not read the book, I’ll withhold judgment for now and see what happens if and when it actually hits theaters.

[source: Variety]