News Simultaneous Simultaneous: Shadow and Bone Showrunner Eric Heisserer’s First Novel Picked Up for Adaptation Heisserer will also develop the adaptaion for the studio. By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on October 30, 2025 Eric Heisserer photo credit: Alexis Grant Comment 0 Share New Share Eric Heisserer photo credit: Alexis Grant Eric Heisserer, the showrunner of the television adaptation of Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone series as well as the writer of Arrival, the film based on a short story by Ted Chiang, has just sold the adaptation rights to his debut novel. Deadline reports that Sony Pictures pre-emptively acquired the rights to Heisserer’s speculative thriller, Simultaneous, which just came out this week. Here’s the blurb for the book, per Goodreads: Federal agent Grant Lukather works for an unknown department of Homeland Security called Predictive Analytics. They look for patterns in tips and chatter to prevent a terrorist event before it happens. One of these calls, about a possible explosion in New Mexico, leads Grant to a case with unimaginable consequences.He meets Sarah Newcomb, a therapist who uses past-life hypnosis in her treatment but has recently stumbled upon a phenomenon that seems to defy logic. Grant follows this thread to another a copycat killer case in Colorado. With the help of one of Sarah’s patients, they embark upon an investigation that spans multiple states, timelines, and consciousnesses. With limited time and only a tenuous grasp of how this phenomenon works, the unlikely trio are in a race for their lives—past, present, and future. Heisserer currently has a first-look deal with Sony, which means he’ll be leading the adaptation of his book. He is also developing an adaptation of Nicholas Binge’s 2025 technothriller, Dissolution, for the studio. Both projects appear in their early days, so no news yet on if/when any adaptation will go into production. [end-mark] The post <i>Simultaneous</i>: <i>Shadow and Bone</i> Showrunner Eric Heisserer’s First Novel Picked Up for Adaptation appeared first on Reactor.