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Paramount Takes Over Red Rising Film After Eight Years at Netflix
Paramount has taken over the Red Rising adaptation after it spent eight years in development, director Francis Lawrence says.
The project was first developed at Netflix, where leadership changes and restructuring brought progress to a halt.
Lawrence says the move followed that stalled development, and he is excited about the film’s theatrical potential.
Red Rising is the first book in Pierce Brown’s saga, set on Mars in a society divided into color-coded castes.
Its hero, Darrow, is a lowborn miner who infiltrates the ruling elite after learning the truth about his place in society.
His quest for revenge grows into a revolution, while he faces the risk of becoming like the regime he wants to destroy.
Francis Lawrence’s Red Rising film adaptation has moved from Netflix to Paramount after eight years in development.
Lawrence said Netflix leadership changes and internal restructuring brought progress to a halt.
He said the project would be expensive and that he is excited for it to receive a theatrical release.
The film adapts Pierce Brown’s novel, set on Mars in a society divided by a color-coded caste system.
Its protagonist, Darrow, is a lowborn miner who infiltrates the ruling elite and becomes involved in a revolution.
- Who
- Director Francis Lawrence is leading the adaptation of Pierce Brown’s Red Rising.
- What
- The film project has moved from Netflix to Paramount after eight years in development.
- When
- Paramount secured the rights in October; the article was published on November 9, 2026.
- Where
- The story is set on Mars. The article does not state where the film will be made.
- Why
- Lawrence said Netflix leadership changes and internal restructuring halted progress, and that the project would be expensive.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Red Rising began development at Netflix.
Paramount secured the rights to the adaptation.
The project moved to Paramount.
- Development period
- Eight years
- Previous studio
- Netflix
- New studio
- Paramount
- Director
- Francis Lawrence
- Source novel
- Red Rising by Pierce Brown
- Setting
- Mars
What people are saying
And so that went away, and then we just made the move to Paramount.
I'm very excited because I feel like that material is deserving of a theatrical experience.
It's an infiltration story, which brings its own sort of set of thematics and moral quandaries.