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EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures has acquired nan bestselling Recovery Agent book bid by Janet Evanovich for characteristic improvement arsenic a imaginable starring conveyance for Gal Gadot, Deadline has learned.
Paramount will create and nutrient nan task alongside Carol Mendelsohn and Julie Weitz nether their Carol Mendelsohn Productions banner. Gadot and partner Jaron Varsano will besides nutrient nether their Pilot Wave banner. Gadot comes to nan task aft moving pinch Skydance, pre Skydance-Paramount merger, connected nan chart-topping 2023 Netflix spy thriller Heart of Stone.
Evanovich’s books halfway connected Gabriela Rose, a globe-trotting betterment supplier who specializes successful retrieving stolen aliases mislaid high-value items, typically nether vulnerable circumstances. Paired pinch her unpredictable ex-husband and partner Rafer Burke, she bounces from tropical islands to world hotspots, outsmarting criminals, rival wealth hunters, and rule enforcement alike successful nan pursuit of nan goods.
Atria Books published The Recovery Agent successful 2022, pinch its sequel, The King’s Ransom, publishing successful November 2025. Both books were instant New York Times bestsellers; nan second is group to make its paperback debut connected June 30, 2026.
Most recently, Gadot has been seen starring successful Julian Schnabel’s In nan Hand of Dante, other Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa and Gerald Butler, which premiered astatine nan 2025 Venice Film Festival. Upcoming, she’ll besides beryllium seen starring successful Kevin Macdonald’s action thriller The Runner for Amazon International. Breaking retired arsenic an action prima pinch roles successful nan Wonder Woman films, nan Fast & Furious franchise, Red Notice — Netflix’s 2nd most-popular movie of each clip — and more, she is repped by WME and Sloane, Weber & Dern.
Evanovich has written a staggering 46 New York Times bestsellers complete nan past 28 years and has sold complete 200 cardinal books worldwide. In summation to nan Recovery Agent series, she is nan writer of nan 31-book Stephanie Plum series, whose astir caller installment Now aliases Never debuted astatine #1 connected nan NYT bestseller list. Evanovich presently has aggregate projects successful improvement for movie and tv pinch awesome studios and is repped by Steven Fisher astatine Independent Artist Group, Celeste Fine astatine Park, Fine & Brower Literary Management, and Felker Toczek Suddleson.
Best known for her activity connected nan CSI franchise, Mendelsohn is repped by WME, TFC Management, and Jackoway Tyerman.
