As the year starts to wind down and Hollywood begins its turkey trot out of town, Sony Pictures has made one of the biggest book acquisitions of 2025, landing film adaptation rights to James Islington’s Hierarchy series.

The move comes as the book series’ second installment, The Strength of the Few , debuts at No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list following its Nov. 11 U.S. release from Simon & Schuster division Saga Press. And thanks to TikTok and YouTube, Strength of the Few also debuted at No. 1 in its first week in Canada and the top best-seller lists in the U.K. and Australia.

As the year starts to wind down and Hollywood begins its turkey trot out of town, Sony Pictures has made one of the biggest book acquisitions of 2025, landing film adaptation rights to

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