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Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish’s Imaginarium have optioned Catriona Ward’s new novel, The Last House on Needless Street.

Deadline is reporting the news about the book, published tomorrow in the UK and in September in the US which follows Ted, who lives with his daughter Lauren and his cat Olivia in an ordinary house at the end of an ordinary street. An unspeakable secret binds them together, and when a new neighbour moves in next door, what is buried out among the birch trees behind their house will come back to haunt them all.

Ward noted, “From the very first, I was bowled over by the Imaginarium team – their passion, their dedication and thoughtful approach to this book. I know that The Last House on Needless Street is in the best possible hands, and I can’t wait to start working with them to bring the mysterious world of Needless Street to life on film”.

Serkis called The Last House On Needless Street “The kind of book you come across once in a lifetime. I’m incredibly excited that Catriona has chosen to collaborate with Imaginarium to bring her spectacular novel to the screen.”