‘Easy Tiger Productions has secured TV rights to Dervla McTiernan’s best-selling psychological thriller Three Reasons for Revenge, with The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Snowtown scribe Shaun Grant on board to write the screenplay.
The deal was negotiated by Dan Conaway and Tom Ishizuka for Writers House in what was described as “a heated auction”.
Published this year, Three Reasons for Revenge was no. 1 on the Australian bestseller charts across all genres. It tells the story of three seemingly unconnected people caught in a lethal web of deceit and unhealed wounds. Three mysterious gifts are delivered to three very different houses in Melbourne; each gift is perfectly tailored to its recipient – and each will tear apart the life of its intended victim.
McTiernan is the author of seven novels, which have sold more than 1 million copies. Born in Ireland, she and her family relocated to Perth in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis in 2008.
Easy Tiger CEO Rob Gibson said the company was delighted to be working with both McTiernan and Grant.
“There’s no doubt Dervla’s highly entertaining book will find a place not only on your shelves but on your TV screen. Dervla is a master at creating a gripping thriller plot and Shaun is the perfect writer to adapt her book,” he said.
Grant added: “From the moment I first read Three Reasons for Revenge I immediately envisaged it as a television series. It is a supremely crafted thriller full of surprises, and I thank Dervla for entrusting Easy Tiger and myself with her creation. I’m excited by the journey ahead.”
Another of McTiernan’s novels, The Ruin, was optioned by Hopscotch Features in partnership with Colin Farrell’s production company back in 2019, before being brought over to Brouhaha Entertainment when Troy Lum and Andrew Mason launched the new banner in 2021.’