EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures has acquired the screen rights to Adrian McKinty’s novel TheChain in a deal that calls for a guaranteed low seven figure payday for the author, an Uber driver until a series of deals for the book changed his life
Quite a turn of events for McKinty, the son of a shipyard welder who grew up in a Belfast housing project during the “troubles.” He was accepted at Oxford on full scholarship — first in his family to go to college — and wrote a bunch of books over two decades but not enough to support his wife and two daughters. To pay his bills, he did odd jobs from construction to picking up fares as an Uber driver.
Winslow, who at one point found himself so frustrated by the paltry proceeds of his critically acclaimed books that hadn’t broken through that he pondered a return to an early side job as a safari tour guide, urged McKinty not to give up. He referred McKinty to Salerno, who with tough negotiating and brash marketing campaigns helped Winslow become a perennial bestselling author with several seven-figure movie and TV deals under his belt.
“My story is a story of never giving up,” McKinty said in a statement. “It’s a story about writers helping fellow writers. I hope it inspires other writers who may be thinking about quitting, to never give up. I never imagined any of this could happen, but I hoped it would. I had hope. I am so grateful and I hope my story inspires others.”Subscribe to
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