Imagine and Ron Howard Mount. True crime thriller Origin of Species – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of the opening of the American Film Market, Deadline has learned that another hot package has been assembled, which will have Ron Howard directed and produced via Imagine Origin of speciesa scripted true crime thriller Noah Pink.

Worldwide rights will be handled by CAA Media Finance, and the project has just hit the market. Thriller about an incredible group of people who independently turn away from society. Each of them is fueled by a deep desire for change, they leave everything behind and stake their future in the most unlikely place – the harsh landscape of the Galapagos.

Howard is rumored to have scouted locations and met with the cast, and the project is becoming a priority. Howard just made a great Thai cave rescue thriller Thirteen lives.

Howard is repped by CAA; Pink from Hersh.