Los Angeles-based six28 Productions LLC, a multi-media production company, signed Evanston-based novelist and screenwriter, Jay Bonansinga to adapt the book, “Sunk Without a Sound,” a true story by Brad Dimock.
In 1928, a young honeymoon couple decide to seek their fame and fortune by making the bride the first woman to shoot the rapids of the Grand Canyon.
Something goes wrong near the end of their journey and they disappear in the canyon without a trace, creating a mystery that has yet to be solved.
Bonansinga agreed to work with six28 based on the strength of the book. “I could not put it down. It is a haunting story, full of mystery and grandeur and tragedy,” he said.
Bonansinga is the author of seven acclaimed suspense novels, and three original screenplays. Several of his books have been optioned by Will Smith and Samuel Jackson.
He wrote and directed his first feature film, “Stash,” a dark comedy filmed in Chicago during the summer of 2006.
