# Sony Pictures Lands Short Story “Renegades” By Will Simmons; Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley To Helm Feature Adaptation Of Action-Thriller

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/sony-pictures-lands-short-story-renegades-by-will-simmons-jonathan-goldstein-john-francis-daley-to-helm-feature-adaptation-of-action-thriller/
- Published: 2026-07-17T20:25:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-21T08:14:26+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/07/jonathan-goldstein-john-francis-daley-to-direct-renegades-1236997128/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Sony acquires Will Simmons' action-thriller short story "Renegades"
- Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley to direct the adaptation
- Simmons will write the script; plot details kept under wraps

## Summary

Sony Pictures has acquired "Renegades," an action-thriller short story by writer Will Simmons, with Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley attached to direct the feature adaptation. Simmons will adapt his own story, continuing a run of high-profile spec sales that has seen him become an in-demand writer in the action genre. Plot details remain undisclosed.

Hutch Parker, known for producing the Venom and X-Men franchises, will produce alongside Dan Wilson, with Kevin Vafi having brought the project to Hutch Parker Entertainment before attaching Goldstein and Daley's GoldDay banner. Simmons has previously sold projects including the graphic novel adaptation "Hardcore" for Universal and the spec script "Undo" to New Line, while Goldstein and Daley are currently developing a new "Star Trek" film for Paramount and have a Cold War buddy comedy, "Mayday," starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh, streaming on Apple TV from September 2026.

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