Alex McAulay to Write Script for Warren Adler’s Psychological Thriller CULT

Screenwriter and novelist Alex McAulay (EASTBOUND & DOWN) has been chosen to adapt a second screenplay for Grey Eagle Films. McAulay, who is also adapting for the screen, THE WAR OF THE ROSES: THE CHILDREN, co-produced by Grey Eagle and Permut Presentations, will pen the original screenplay for CULT, based on the novel by THE WAR OF THE ROSES author Warren Adler. McAulay is also currently writing a pilot in collaboration with writer and producer Jody Hill (OBSERVE AND REPORT,EASTBOUND & DOWN, and THE FOOT FIST AWAY) for a new HBO series to be produced by Rough House Pictures.

CULT is particularly relevant today because it strikes a chord with a global audience feeling the direct and indirect effects of cultism in the form of extremism, terrorism, and other modes of violence domestically and internationally.

With Grey Eagle COO, Steven Greenwald, former President of DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group and Embassy pictures, Grey Eagle Films has already launched a number of development deals.…