Movies
Sony Grabs Script ‘/Reddoor’ About App Game That Kills Players
The spec is described as The Ring meets Ready Player One.
In A Nightmare on Elm Street, if Freddy Krueger kills you in your dreams, you die in real life. /Reddoor has a similar premise, only upgraded for the tech-savvy, smartphone age. In the script, penned by Teddy Tenenbaum and Minsun Park, a young journalist discovers the new app game he is reviewing has the ability to kill the player once they’ve entered the game world.
The journalist must stop the game before he and his sister become its victims.
Deadline reports today that Sony Pictures has picked up the supernatural thriller spec script for producers Barry Josephson, Liz Bassin and Jim Wedaa. Paradigm sold the spec.
More as we learn it.
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.”
4 New Horror Movies Releasing This Week Including ‘Late Night with the Devil’ at Home
‘Ready or Not’: Radio Silence Filmmakers Tease the “Absolute Banger” of a Sequel That’s Taking Shape
“We Built Every Creature” – ‘Alien: Romulus’ Goes Heavy on the Old School Practical Effects!
‘Sting’ Review – Throwback Creature Feature Entertains With an Impressive Practical Monster
‘Terrifier 3’: Filming Has Wrapped on Damien Leone’s Christmas Slasher Sequel!
You must be logged in to post a comment.