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Exclusive: The next novel from Warm Bodies author Isaac Marion is to be adapted into a feature film.

Rights to Marion’s upcoming book The Overnoise has been snapped up by Nine Perfect Strangers maker Made Up Stories, whose bosses Bruna Papandrea and Steve Hutensky will produce alongside Jeanne Snow and Claudia Park.

Per the synopsis, “The Overnoise follows aspiring musician Robin Conway, who simply wants to complete her new album and maintain her record deal. Everything changes with the launch of ‘Infinite Connection’ – a revolutionary global wireless service promising seamless connectivity worldwide. However, the technology brings an unexpected and disturbing consequence: a persistent dissonant hum known as the ‘overnoise.'”

This is the second collab between Isaac and Papandrea, following the feature film adaptation of Warm Bodies, the New York Times bestseller, in 2013. The zombie comedy-romance, directed by Jonathan Levine, starred Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, Rob Corddry, Dave Franco and John Malkovich among others.

Gregory David Roberts' Shantaram: A Novel, which is scheduled for publication next week by St. Martin's Press, has attracted the attention of Warner Bros. Pictures, Initial Entertainment Group, Plan B and Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil. Together, they have acquired film rights to the novel as a starring vehicle for Depp in a deal said to be worth $1 million-$2 million. Depp would play the novel's narrator, a young Australian man who escapes from a prison Down Under and goes on to build a new life for himself in the slums of India before going to fight with insurgents in their struggle against the Russians in Afghanistan. Warners and IEG are co-financing with Warners taking domestic distribution and Initial handling international rights to the project. Initial's Graham King, Plan B's Brad Grey and Depp will be producers. Depp's current projects include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for Warners and Pirates of the Caribbean 2 for the Walt Disney Co. Depp and Roberts are repped by UTA. Shantaram is also repped by publishing agent Joe Regal and Regal Literary in New York.