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What If John Hughes Penned ‘Mad Max’ & ‘Zombieland’? You’d Have ‘Monster Problems’
Paramount is in negotiations to pick up Monster Problems, a spec script by Brian Duffield for Shawn Levy and his 21 Laps banner to produce.
Details are being kept under lock and key but the project has been described as a post-apocalyptic road movie in the vein of Mad Max and Zombieland with a John Hughes-esque love story at its center.
Billy Rosenberg and Dan Cohen will oversee the project at 21 Laps. Sources peg the deal as in the low-against-mid six figures.
Duffield is behind the Black List script “Jane Got a Gun” that has attracted Natalie Portman as star and producer and Lynne Ramsey directing. His romantic comedy “Your Bridemaid’s a Bitch,” set up at Skydance, recently saw Eli Craig board as director.
Levy, the director of Night at the Museum and Date Night, is a eyeing a July start for his next movie, the Fox comedy The Internship, which will reteam Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson.
It’s been 17 years since the release of horror sequel The Descent: Part 2, and the film is returning to physical media with a brand new 4K Ultra HD SteelBook from Lionsgate Limited.
This marks the first time The Descent: Part 2 has been released on 4K in the U.S.
Now up for pre-order, the 4K SteelBook will be released on August 11, 2026.
The Descent: Part 2 follows Sarah Carter (Shauna Macdonald) — dazed, bloodied, and speechless — as she emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where the events of The Descent occurred. Forced back underground to help the rescue team search for her missing girlfriends, Sarah’s fractured memories begin to return, and she realizes the full horror of what lurks in the depths of the caves. But the rescue team is about to face a new tribe of deformed crawlers — even more viciously feral than those Sarah encountered before.
- The Lionsgate Limited Edition 4K includes new special features:
• Flashback on The Descent: Part 2 — Shauna Macdonald
• Flashback on The Descent: Part 2 — Krysten Cummings - Legacy Special Features:
• Audio Commentary with Director Jon Harris and Actors Shauna Macdonald, Krysten Cummings, and Anna Skellern
• The Making of The Descent: Part 2: Deeper & Darker
• The Genesis
• Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary
• EPK B-roll
• EPK Interview Clips
• Production Design Gallery
• Storyboard Gallery
• U.S. Trailer
• International Trailer
The 2-Disc 4K & Blu-ray release features new SteelBook art by Matt Ryan Tobin.
Check it out below and pre-order your copy from Lionsgate Limited today.
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