EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures has acquired the bestselling Recovery Agent book series by Janet Evanovich for feature development as a potential starring vehicle for Gal Gadot, Deadline has learned.
Paramount will develop and produce the project alongside Carol Mendelsohn and Julie Weitz under their Carol Mendelsohn Productions banner. Gadot and partner Jaron Varsano will also produce under their Pilot Wave banner. Gadot comes to the project after working with Skydance, pre Skydance-Paramount merger, on the chart-topping 2023 Netflix spy thriller Heart of Stone.
Evanovich’s books center on Gabriela Rose, a globe-trotting recovery agent who specializes in retrieving stolen or lost high-value items, typically under dangerous circumstances. Paired with her unpredictable ex-husband and partner Rafer Burke, she bounces from tropical islands to international hotspots, outsmarting criminals, rival treasure hunters, and law enforcement alike in the pursuit of the goods.
Atria Books published The Recovery Agent in 2022, with its sequel, The King’s Ransom, publishing in November 2025. Both books were instant New York Times bestsellers; the latter is set to make its paperback debut on June 30, 2026.
Most recently, Gadot has been seen starring in Julian Schnabel’s In the Hand of Dante, opposite Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa and Gerald Butler, which premiered at the 2025 Venice Film Festival. Upcoming, she’ll also be seen starring in Kevin Macdonald’s action thriller The Runner for Amazon International. Breaking out as an action star with roles in the Wonder Woman films, the Fast & Furious franchise, Red Notice — Netflix’s second most-popular film of all time — and more, she is repped by WME and Sloane, Weber & Dern.
Evanovich has written a staggering 46 New York Times bestsellers over the last 28 years and has sold over 200 million books worldwide. In addition to the Recovery Agent series, she is the author of the 31-book Stephanie Plum series, whose most recent installment Now or Never debuted at #1 on the NYT bestseller list. Evanovich currently has multiple projects in development for film and television with major studios and is repped by Steven Fisher at Independent Artist Group, Celeste Fine at Park, Fine & Brower Literary Management, and Felker Toczek Suddleson.
Best known for her work on the CSI franchise, Mendelsohn is repped by WME, TFC Management, and Jackoway Tyerman.
