Ness’ trilogy – The Knife Of Never Letting Go, The Ask And The Answer and Monsters Of Men – finds humankind in a dystopian future, colonising a distant planet after the Earth has been ruined. When an infection called the Noise strikes, all thoughts become audible and chaos follows.
A corrupt autocrat takes the chance to seize control of the human settlements in order to launch a strike on native alien race the Spackles, blaming them for the infection that's apparently killing human women. Young Todd Hewitt, the only boy in a town solely comprised of men, rebels to stop the oncoming destruction. Going on the run with his dog, he teams up with a mysterious, girl who is the source of a precious patch of silence.
Doug Liman is aboard to direct Chaos Walking, with Jamie Linden working on the most recent draft of a script that has been through several hands, including those of Charlie Kaufman.
Ridley recently finished shooting Star Wars: Episode VIII, which will touch down on December 15, 2017. The actress is also attached to The Lost Wife, Kolma, which J.J. Abrams is producing and Hamlet re-invention Ophelia, which may also star Naomi Watts.