KK&P lands pic rights to 'Eden'

Independent financier and production company Kerry, Kimmel and Pollack has acquired rights to Keary Taylor's novel "Eden," a dystopian thriller known to love a combination between "The Hunger Games" and "The Terminator." Story follows Eve, a teenage girl dwelling inside a publish-apocalyptic world where humanity is about the advantage of extinction and robots that have been created for everybody humans have switched against them. As Eve struggles to fight the Fallen and help her pals find safety, she must select from a boy she's always reliable then one who props up strategies for her past. "Eden" will probably be produced by Mark Morgan ("The Twilight Saga"), Kami Garcia (the "Beautiful Creatures" series), Brett Hudson ("Fast Costly to Bang Time") and Michael Pollack ("Black Forest"). KK&P, which recently acquired feature film and tv rights to popular culture guru Caprice Crane's novel "How to be a Hater," is at pre-production round the W. Peter Illif-scripted mental thriller "Fast Costly to Bang Time." Contact Rob Sneider at rob.sneider@variety.com