Terry Hayes’ international bestselling espionage thriller “I Am Pilgrim” which has recently landed on The New York Times bestseller list and has appeared on countless recommended summer reading lists nationwide, will soon will be translated into 20 foreign language editions by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures.
Hayes, a former journalist and award-winning screenwriter whose credits include “Payback,” “Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior” and “Dead Calm” is adapting his debut novel for the screen.
Lloyd Braun is producing the film through his Whalerock Industries. Andrew Mittman at Whalerock will serve as Executive Producer.
“Pilgrim” is the codename for a man who doesn’t exist. The adopted son of a wealthy American family, he once headed up a secret espionage unit for US intelligence. Now in anonymous retirement, he is called upon to lend his expertise to an unusual investigation but ultimately becomes caught in a terrifying race-against-time to save America from oblivion.