NBC To Adapt Novel ‘Never Look Away’ As Drama Project

NBC has put in development an untitled thriller/family drama based on Linwood Barclay’s novel Never Look Away. Written by Matt Venne (A&E’s Bag Of Bones) and produced by Sony Pictures TV and Sheldon Turner and Jennifer Klein’s studio-based Vendetta. It centers on a award-winning journalist whose wife goes missing. His life is turned upside down as he discovers the truth about his wife, the town they live in, and even himself. Turner and Klein executive produce. Vendetta also has Frayed, a thriller drama written by Turner based on a Dutch format, set up at Fox. Venne is with APA, and Stone, Meyer, Genow; Barclay, who also has Trust Your Eyes in active development at Warner Bros, is with APA and Helen Heller Literary Agency.