Tom Rob Smith's "The Farm" Becomes A Film

Screen reports that BBC - Films and Shine Pictures have acquired the rights to author Tom Rob Smith's new novel "The Farm".

The thriller follows Daniel, a Londoner who believes his parents are living a peaceful life on a farm in rural Sweden. One day he receives a frantic call from his father - his mother has escaped from a mental hospital shortly after being committed. Shortly after his mother calls him, telling him she's en-route and asking for the chance to tell her story.

Ollie Madden will produce the film adaptation.

A film version of Smith's novel  "Child 44", starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace and Gary Oldman, is slated to hit later this year.