Gal Gadot is currently working on a feature film adaptation of Janet Evanovich’s bestselling Restoration Agents series, and could have another action movie in the pipeline. All the ingredients are in place for a big, fun series: high-value targets, international turmoil, and a leader who makes danger seem like part of his job description.
Paramount Pictures has acquired the feature development rights to the series and is developing the project with Gadot in the lead role. The studio will develop and produce with Carol Mendelsohn and Julie Weitz under the Carol Mendelsohn Productions banner, with Gadot and partner Jaron Varsano producing through Pilot Wave.
Ellen Shanman (co-writer of the upcoming live-action Voltron film) is writing the screenplay.
What is a recovery agent?
The book follows Gabriella Rose, a recovery agent hired to recover lost treasure, stolen heirlooms, and lost assets for clients who can pay the headache. She is reliable, calm under pressure, and trained in all types of weapons. In the first book, Gabriela begins a personal mission as she heads into the Peruvian jungle in search of Solomon’s Ring and Cortez’s lost treasure in a hurry to save her family’s home.
Of course, this is not a clean job. Gabriela’s gorgeous but irritating ex-husband, Rafer, has a map and insists that she join him on the hunt. Although they constantly hurt each other, they work together as a team when it matters. They also have some serious competition from unscrupulous drug lords who have left behind a body count chasing the same bounty.
Volume 2, The King’s Ransom, expands the scope of the global search for lost masterpieces. As Leifer’s cousin Harley, a bank president, stares at the prison after valuable insured items begin to disappear and paper trails mysteriously disappear, Gabriella intervenes. She and Rafer travel the world to recover art, keep Harley out of prison, and uncover the true mastermind. Along the way, the story leans into corruption, blackmail, murder, and a larger conspiracy with a villain who clearly isn’t doing anything small.
Recovery Agent was published in 2022, followed by The King’s Ransom in 2025. Both titles quickly became New York Times bestsellers, and a further paperback version of The King’s Ransom was released in all territories in 2026.
So far, only one of Evanovich’s novels has been made into a film: 2012’s One for the Money, starring Katherine Heigl.
Deadline first reported the news of Paramount’s acquisition and development of the project with Gadot in the running to star.
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