Paramount Pictures has preemptive bought the screen rights to Bob Reiss' oil thriller
Black Monday, says Variety.
The deal is said to be based on 100 pages and an outline. The story sees a mysterious condition eroding the quality of the crude with catastrophic results, and a federal investigator tries to solve the problem before the world is brought to a screeching halt.
"It is a very timely idea, and what works best about this is the way the consequences unfold both on a personal level as well as in the context of a global crisis," Paramount's Tom Jacobson said. The studio is expected to hire a screenwriter for the project once Reiss completes the novel.