Panic becoming a movie

According reports the Weinstein Co. has picked up the movie rights to the newly released novel Panic, from best-selling author Jeff Abbott. The project will be produced by Eric Robinson and Brendan Deneen, who reportedly brought book to the Weinsteins' attention.

The following is from Jeff Abbott's site and gives a great description of what his book is about. If Hollywood stays true to the book we could have a great thriller on our hands.

"What if everything in your life was a lie?

Things are going well for 24 year-old Evan Casher: his career as a documentary filmmaker is booming and his relationship with his new girlfriend, Carrie, couldn't be better. After an urgent phone call from his mother, he makes an unexpected trip home to Austin. Then the unthinkable happens. He arrives to find his mother brutally murdered, and narrowly escapes an attempt on his own life. Spirited away from the scene by an enigmatic mercenary with an agenda of his own, Evan is confronted with a shocking fact: his entire life has been little more than a carefully constructed lie.

Evan's only hope for survival is to uncover the truth about his family's past...and to confront a powerful, ruthless organization of killers who will stop at nothing to keep old secrets buried. With his mother's attackers fast on his heels and with no one to trust-not the authorities, his father, nor the woman he loves-it's a perilous search that takes him from the Texas Hill Country to New Orleans, to London, and to Miami. Full of unforgettable characters and jolting plot twists, Panic is an emotionally charged, heart-stopping thriller about one man's determination to take back his stolen life."

Personally, I think I will be going to get a book this weekend to see if it is all it could be based on the description. Keep your eyes pealed to see how things unfold and to see what other upcoming releases that Weinstein Co. has in store for us.