Pig filmmaker Michael Sarnoski is set to write and direct a feature adaptation of Nick Drnaso’s critically acclaimed graphic novel, Sabrina. 

New Regency and RT Features (a partnership which birthed both The Lighthouse and Ad Astra) are producing the film, based on the story of a grieving man whose girlfriend Sabrina goes missing. After moving in with his old friend – a recently divorced Air Force surveillance expert agent living on a remote military base – a grisly videotape is sent anonymously to news outlets that causes Sabrina’s disappearance to go viral.

It’s only a matter of time until the two men are targeted by vitriolic conspiracy theorists that threaten their sense of the truth and their faith in each other. The graphic novel, which has been described as “a perspicacious and chilling analysis of the nature of trust and truth and the erosion of both in the age of the internet,” explores the damage which these false narratives have on the lives of the victim’s friends and families.

This adaptation is unlikely to be Sarnoski’s next project however, as the up-and-coming director was previously tapped to helm an upcoming instalment of John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place franchise, so fans might be waiting a while to see Drnaso’s work hit the big screen.