Final score spec by Will Hettinger in development for season five, preparations

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Fifth Season and Makeready acquired the rights to it Final resulta crime special directed by Will Hettinger and directed by Nick Rowland.

The project reunites the companies with Rowland after working on a similar project – the upcoming crime thriller She rides Shotgun starring Taron Egerton, for whom Makeready is currently finalizing a domestic deal. The news also follows news that Makeready has extended its overall deal with Fifth Season for three years, also bringing in Topic Studios for a feature film, television and unscripted content joint venture.

Supposedly in the style of Sicario, Final result follows Gamen (50), the leader of the FBI's tactical operations team, as he recruits former Special Forces soldier Andy (30) to join his unit as they attempt to take down both the mob and a gang of bank robbers. Brad Weston and Collin Creighton will produce for Makeready.

He previously worked on the Netflix drama about the opioid crisis Painkillers and Starz's Hunting womenHettinger is also known for his scriptwriting Dyersvillean upcoming crime thriller that Netflix and Obama's Higher Ground acquired earlier this year in a mid-six-figure spec deal.

In front of the director She rides shotgunBased on the award-winning novel by Jordan Harper, to which Amazon has international rights, the three-time BAFTA-nominated Rowland directed Quiet with horsesa crime thriller starring Cosmo Jarvis, Barry Keoghan and Liam Carney.

The fifth season is about to premiere its Tim Robinson-Paul Rudd comedy friendship at the Toronto Film Festival, where, as we first reported, they sold the US rights to A24 for a mid-seven figure sum. Previously they celebrated the premiere of their documentary “Ron Howard”. Jim Henson, idea creator at the Cannes Film Festival in front of a Disney+ plaza. In a competitive situation, the company secured the rights to Liane Moriarty's new novel earlier this month Here's a momentprepared the property for television with Blossom Films and Made Up Stories, in a reunion following Hulu's Nine perfect strangers. In September, the company acquired the rights to the debut novel A part of her by author, showrunner and journalist Amy Chozick of Max's The girls on the bus.

Makeready saw her crime novel Killer heatan adaptation of a short story by Jo Nesbø starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley and Richard Madden, premiered on Prime Video in late September and ranked number one film worldwide in its first two weeks of release. The company is currently on A24 horror post opusstarring John Malkovich and Ayo Edebiri, while preparing the Ben Affleck-directed film Animals for Netflix. They are also developing an English-language remake of the Oscar winner Another roundwhich will be directed by Chris Rock, as well as an FX adaptation of the short film Sad daywith singer-songwriters FKA Twigs and Hiro Murai.

Hettinger is repped by CAA, Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment and Ziffren Brittenham. Rowland is represented by WME and the Independent Talent Group in the UK.