London, July 2 -- Two-time BAFTA-winning filmmaker Joe Wright is set to direct the feature film adaptation of Australian author Tim Winton's post-apocalyptic thriller novel 'Juice' for Working Title Films, according to Deadline.

The production company has acquired the rights to the novel and enlisted BAFTA and Emmy-winning writer Abi Morgan to adapt the screenplay.

Set in a fractured world devastated by climate change, Juice follows a young husband and father who is recruited into a secret resistance organisation. He joins a militia tasked with targeting the wealthy individuals held responsible for the global catastrophe. However, after a mission goes wrong, he is forced to flee and fight for survival in a hostile landscape, according t...