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James Wan Heading to TV With “Maidenhead”
John Davis’ Sony TV-based Davis Entertainment is bringing together a feature writer, Source Code‘s Ben Ripley, and director, Saw, Insidious, The Conjuring and Fast and the Furious 7‘s James Wan, for a drama project, which has sold to NBC with significant penalty, reports Deadline.
Written by Ripley and to be directed by Wan, “ ‘Maidenhead is described as a medical procedural wrapped in a very realistic, frightening supernatural drama.
A scientist is called into a tony Connecticut suburb to investigate an ailing teen girl to discover her affliction presents itself as a demonic contagion slowly spreading through the town. Our team peels back the secrets and lies buried within the fabric of the community while medically deconstructing the tropes of demon mythology.”
This marks the first TV project for Wan.
Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) is staying busy here in 2024, directing not only the werewolf movie Big Bad but also an upcoming thriller titled Drop.
The project for Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes is being described as a “fast-paced thriller,” and Deadline reports today that Violett Beane (Truth or Dare) has joined the cast.
Newcomer Jacob Robinson has also signed on to star in the mysterious thriller. Previously announced, Meghann Fahy (“White Lotus”) will be leading the cast.
Landon recently teased on Twitter, “This is my love letter to DePalma.”
Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach wrote the script.
Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Brad Fuller and Cameron Fuller — “who brought the script in to Platinum Dunes” — are producing the upcoming Drop. Sam Lerner is an executive producer.
THR notes, “The film is a Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse production for Universal.”
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