Paramount TV, Jessica Biel Adapt Horror Novel 'Coffin Moon' — SkimNews
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- Paramount Television Studios is developing and adapting Keith Rosson's horror novel "Coffin Moon" for TV with Jessica Biel and Michelle Purple's Iron Ocean under a first-look deal, with the announcement timed to the novel's paperback release.
- The story is set during a brutal 1975 Oregon winter and follows a veteran and his adopted niece hunted by the vampire that slaughtered their family; Rosson has cited Charles Portis's True Grit as the novel's inspiration.
- Harpster and Fitzerman-Blue, the writing team behind A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood and Netflix's Painkiller, are attached to develop, adapt, and showrun, with Rosson serving as consulting producer.
- Iron Ocean's Paramount TV partnership extends beyond Coffin Moon: the pair already have Robert Ludlum adaptation The Ambler Warning in development with Biel set to star and executive produce.
- Harpster and Fitzerman-Blue are currently juggling three other projects — The Dress for TriStar with Serena Williams producing, The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife for Netflix, and Skywalkers for Laika/XYZ based on the recently arrested rooftopping-couple documentary.
Why it matters: Pairing the adaptation announcement with the paperback drop signals a coordinated Random House-to-screen push designed to build readership before the series premieres, while deepening Paramount Television Studios' reliance on Biel and Iron Ocean as a go-to producing package — the same team now delivering two genre adaptations (vampire horror and Robert Ludlum spy thriller) under one first-look deal.
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