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Sony Pictures Joins Co-Production of Bestseller “The Silent Patient” Adaptation

7/22/2026

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Sony Pictures has joined the adaptation of Alex Michaelides’s novel The Silent Patient.
Sony will co-produce with Annapurna and Plan B, including Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner.
The fast-tracked project will hire a screenwriter soon.
The Silent Patient debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list and sold over 12 million copies.
Sony’s earlier book adaptations include It Ends With Us ($350 million) and Little Women ($200 million).

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Story summary

Sony Pictures has joined the adaptation of Alex Michaelides’s novel The Silent Patient.
Sony will co-produce with Annapurna and Plan B, including Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner.
The fast-tracked project will hire a screenwriter soon.
The Silent Patient debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list and sold over 12 million copies.
Sony’s earlier book adaptations include It Ends With Us ($350 million) and Little Women ($200 million).