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In Wilson’s story, a single woman in her fifties takes a job as a “family accessory vendor” at Grand Stand-In, a company that helps reunite wealthy couples who have lost contact with their parents. death, illness or distance; but still want their kids to have the “grandpa experience.” Everything works, as long as the stay does not have to be separated from the family to which it is connected.
The Grand Stand-In is in the Wilson Tunnel to the Center of the Earth short story collection. Wilson’s novel The Fang Family was adapted in 2015 starring Jason Bateman, Nicole Kidman and Christopher Walken. The 2019 bestseller Nothing to See Here is in development at Elizabeth Gabler 3000, and her fifth novel Now Is No Time to Panic was released this month to rave reviews.
“I’ve had a crush on Kevin Wilson ever since my sister gave me a copy of Can’t See Nothing Here,” said Future Shack CEO Wachtel. “To be able to work on one of his great stories is a wish come true.”
Added Enders, “It’s not often that I connect directly to source material like Kevin Wilson’s Grand Stand-In. And joining the Future Shack team that I’m so creatively involved with is a writer’s dream script.”
Most recently, Enders served as executive producer and writer for Marvel’s WandaVisio on Disney+. He previously worked as a producer and writer on the Facebook Watch series America’s Queen.
Wachtel, the former president of USA Network and Universal Content Productions, founded Future Shack last July. Current projects include Walter Mosley’s The Long Fall; Future Shack ‘s sci-fi classic Ender’s Game , produced by Madison Wells with Gigi Pritzker; and Yulia Mendel’s memoir Fighting for Our Lives, about her time as press secretary to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Wilson is represented by United Talent Agency and The Book Group. Pamela Parker, Future Shack’s head of business, negotiated on behalf of the buyer. Ender repeats Verve.
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