I have covered book to film/TV deals forever and this is the highest amount of bids I’ve ever heard of. Kapoor is positioned to become a major author as she plans two more books on this saga and will also write the series., a project that Olivia Wilde will direct and star in. That auction was fueled by industry love for Wilde’s directorial debut, and buyers were also drawn by a detailed plan for a movie that would cost in the range of $20 million.
The saga is set in New Delhi, focusing around the wealthy, powerful and corrupt Wadia family. There is the young, ambitious, spoiled Sunny; his controlling, ruthless and domineering father Bunty; and the violent, powerful, bloodthirsty Uncle Vicky. Those who grow close to the Wadias find themselves entangled in the web of this family’s constant grabs for more power, land, and wealth. Into this cauldron comes Ajay, a boy from a low-caste, born into poverty and sold into servitude.