War of the Roses

(Feature)

A married couple tries everything to drive each other out of the house in a vicious divorce battle.

Produced by Searchlight and Adler Entertainment Trust

Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman

Written By: Tony McNamara (THE GREAT, THE FAVOURITE)

Directed By: Jay Roach

Based On: The novel The War of the Roses by Warren Adler

War of the Roses

(Play) Scheduled to open on the West End winter 2024

A married couple tries everything to drive each other out of the house in a vicious divorce battle.

Produced by Jay and Cindy Gutterman, Gary Cohen and Adler Entertainment Trust

Based On: the novel The War of the Roses by Warren Adler

Trans-Siberian Express

(TV Series)

A Cold War tale of love, loss, and nuclear intrigue
as we take an epic journey on the legendary Trans Siberian Railway from Moscow to Vladivostok. When American cancer specialist, Alex Cousins, learns the diabolical plans of his patient, Soviet Politburo Chief Viktor Dimitrov, he is dispatched on a six-thousand-mile journey aboard the Trans Siberian Express where KGB men watch his every move.

Based On: The novel Trans-Siberian Express by Warren Adler

Untitled Fiona Fitzgerald Mystery Series

(TV Series)

Detective Fiona Fitzgerald is an unlikely force for justice in Washington D.C’s predominantly male police force. As a prominent senator’s daughter and top investigator in the homicide division of the Metropolitan Police Department, Fiona maneuvers between two vastly different worlds, moving quickly from opulent State galas to gritty crime scenes. Born into the elite social circles of the nation’s capital, and with privileged access to what lurks behind the pristine façade of the political establishment, Fiona is determined to expose the chicanery buried under prim rose bushes and concealed within the highest echelons of the American political aristocracy.

Based on: The Fiona Fitzgerald Mystery Series

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The Third Door

(Feature)

When an ambitious actress agrees to reunite with her estranged father and her troubled brother on a week-long trek through the Wyoming wilderness, old resentments and bitter recrimination escalate into brutal confrontations and savage violence. 

Produced by Anna Camp

Cast: Anna Camp (PITCH PERFECT, GOOD GIRLS REVOLT)

Based On: The novel The Serpent’s Bite by Warren Adler

Target Churchill

(TV Pilot)

The series follows the life of Walter Thompson, Churchill’s long time bodyguard, from his early days as a crack member of the special branch to his time after WW2 when a reenlisted Thompson struggles to abort a highly skilled ex-Nazi agent sent by the KGB to assassinate Churchill during his “Iron Curtain” speech at Westminster College in Missouri.

Written By: Andrew Rattenbury (DOC MARTIN, TEACHERS), Michael Adler

Based On: the novel Target Churchill by Warren Adler and James Humes

Random Hearts

(TV Pilot)

Set in the UK, a Labor MP candidate strategist and a social worker both lose their spouses in a plane crash neither were supposed to be on, and our heroes soon discover that their spouses were having an affair with each other.

Written By: Andrew Rattenbury (DOC MARTIN, TEACHERS), Michael Adler

Based On: The novel Random Hearts by Warren Adler

Flanagan’s Pursuit

(TV Pilot)

Bankrupted and on the run from some people he shouldn’t have crossed, former insurance adjuster and his dutiful wife escape to the quiet seaside town on the southwest coast of England to run Emily’s grandfather’s neglected antique shop: ‘Flanagan’s Pursuit’.  Little do they now this small town will reveal an eccentric population and a churning undercurrent of scandal, criminality and moral turpitude.

Written By: Andrew Rattenbury (DOC MARTIN, TEACHERS), Michael Adler

Based On: The Flanagan Series of Mystery Novels by Warren Adler and Andrew Frothingham

Little Black Dress

(Feature)

At the end of her rope after quitting a thankless job, Grace Garcia, a middle-aged struggling, single mom launches a scheme to rescue her life and ensure her child’s future by trolling for rich widowers at funerals.

Based On: The novel Mourning Glory by Warren Adler

Finding Grace

(Feature)

A divorced couple with no love lost between each other must come together to save their daughter from the clutches of an insidious cult.

Based On: The novel Finding Grace by Warren Adler

The Housewife Blues

(Feature)

After an arranged marriage, a sheltered Muslim woman moves to an apartment in New York. Though forbidden by her husband from talking to strangers, she befriends many of the tenants in the building, becoming enmeshed in the secrets of their complicated lives and starting her own journey of self discovery.

Based On: The novel The Housewife Blues by Warren Adler

Residue

(Feature)

A firebombing of a Black church in Brooklyn that was once a synagogue sets off a chain reaction of international intrigue and bloody violence after three trunks are discovered in a now-exposed basement of the church filled with gold and precious jewels worth millions.

Produced by Jeff Erb

Director: Vondie Curtis Hall

Written By: Vondie Curtis Hall

Based On: The novel Residue by Warren Adler

Funny Boys

Set amidst the background of the all-you-can-eat-and-play resort life of the glamorous Catskills in 1937, a young comedian makes the questionable choice of falling hard for an infamous mobster’s “number one” gal.

Written By: Greg Pritikin 

Based On: The novel Funny Boys by Warren Adler

Torture Man

When an unknown caller kidnaps her daughter a prominent anti-war activist turns to an unlikely source for help: an ex-military contractor famous for his at-any-means-necessary brand of extraction.

Written By: Hernany Perla, Michael Adler

Based On: The novel Torture Man by Warren Adler

Natural Enemies

(Feature)

In an attempt to fix their sputtering marriage, a New York couple go on a bucolic wilderness vacation, only to be met with violent Rednecks, natural disasters, wild animals and many unexpected dangers that force them together if they are to survive.

Based On: The novel Natural Enemies by Warren Adler

Amherst

(TV Series)

A reputable law professor and esteemed Dean is secretly a serial womanizer and charming liar who unravels as his secret life comes out and begins to destroy his carefully orchestrated pristine reputation.

Based On: The novel The Womanizer by Warren Adler

The Casanova Embrace

(TV Series)

From the carcass of a Washington D.C. car bomb explosion, the CIA launches an investigation into the mysterious events leading to the assassination of Chilean dissident and infamous casanova, Eduardo Allesandro Palmero.

Based On: The novel The Casanova Embrace by Warren Adler

Never Too Late For Love

(TV Series)

Based on the acclaimed series of books about life in a retirement community in Florida. The Sunset Gang and Never Too Late For Love explore the transcendent third act of life where eccentric and loveable seniors seek new opportunities to find love and relationships despite their obvious challenges. Realistic and uplifting, this bittersweet short story collection gently reveals hard truths while warming your heart and making you laugh out loud.

Based On: The novel The Sunset Gang by Warren Adler

Private Lies

(Feature)

A Manhattan copywriter begins an illicit affair with an old flame only to realize his wife is also carrying on an affair of her own. The complicated web of deception culminates on an African Safari with startling and tragic results.

Based On: The novel Private Lies by Warren Adler

Mother Nile

(Feature)

On a request from his mother on her deathbed, and American-born Egyptian man goes on a journey through the winding street of the City of the Dead to solve a half-century-old mystery to find out the truth about his long-lost half sister, conceived during his mother’s affair with King Farouk.

Based On: The novel Mother Nile by Warren Adler

Children of the Roses

(TV Series)

When an innocent caper involving missing Milky Way’s catapults out of control at a seemingly happy couple’s son’s elite private school, the pair find themselves entering into a shattering warfare of a different kind. The Children of the Roses’ exposes the lengths to which parents will go to protect their children.

Based On: The novel Children of the Roses by Warren Adler

Dead in the Water

Years ago, two dreamers took the plunge and got married. Now the marriage is sinking fast, and only taking the plunge again will make it better. But who will go first?

Produced by Rick Mowat & Paula Landry

Based On: the play Dead in the Water

Banquet Before Dawn

(Feature)

Challenged by a more liberal opponent, a Brooklyn district congressman tries everything possible to maintain his seat only to painfully learn that his views are outdated, and the fierce ensuing campaign brings new insights to a swiftly changing world.

Based On: The novel Banquet Before Dawn by Warren Adler