“I could not be more thrilled that ‘Local Woman Missing’ has found a home with Black Bear Television,” Kubica said. Kubica will executive produce the series alongside Black Bear. We are absolutely thrilled to develop this material into an entertaining and memorable series.” Driven by a rich ensemble of complex characters, this story is bold in its use of perspective and time and is filled with smart and unexpected twists. “Mary seamlessly combines pulp, thrills, and drama in this wonderfully written book.
“We’ve long been fans of Mary’s work and are incredibly excited to bring her newest thriller ‘Local Woman Missing’ to the screen,” Black Bear’s Head of TV Ben Stillman said.
Kubica’s previous best-selling works include “The Good Girl,” “The Other Mrs.” and “Pretty Baby.” Black Bear Television is the TV studio division of Black Bear Pictures, the production and financing company behind “The Imitation Game,” “Mudbound,” “Suburbicon” and the upcoming “I Care a Lot.” The company recently announced a partnership with writer-director Scott Cooper to develop a limited drama series, “Angels & Demons,” and acquired the rights to Naoise Dolan’s debut novel, “Exciting Times,” for premium television. Where has she been? What happened to the other women? And who is responsible? One day, over a decade after the women go missing, one of the victims shockingly returns home.
The story is told through different perspectives and timelines, and revolves around three missing women from the same town whose disappearances have remained unsolved. The deal come in advance of “Local Woman Missing’s” release in May 2021. Greenburger Assoc.Black Bear Television has nabbed the rights to Mary Kubica’s “ Local Woman Missing,” an upcoming mystery novel about a series of strange disappearances. This is definitely one of her better efforts. Though a couple of the final megatwists prove more shocking than convincing, Kubica’s plumbing of the darkness lurking beneath the shiny suburban dream should please her fans and draw in new ones. As usual for this author, much suspense stems from her storytelling sleight of hand, particularly the way she leaps forward and backward in time as well as among half a dozen distinctive if not always reliable narrators, who include Shelby, Meredith, and Delilah’s younger brother. However, the traumatized, emaciated teen subsequently brought to the house bears little resemblance to the Delilah he remembers, other than her distinctive red hair. Out of the blue, Meredith’s husband gets the call that will upend his life again: Delilah has been found. Eleven years after the disappearances of new mom Shelby Tebow, doula Meredith Dickey, and Meredith’s six-year-old daughter, Delilah, shook their tranquil Chicago suburb, troubling questions linger about just what happened to them in this daringly plotted, emotionally eviscerating psychological thriller from bestseller Kubica ( The Other Mrs.).
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