It’s been announced by Variety that The Invitation‘s Karyn Kusama is going to direct the Chase Novak book-to-film adaptation of Breed. Phil Hay and Mattmanfredi will be acting as producers as well as the writers of the film. Fox’s Scott Frank is also producing.
Per the site, “‘Breed’ follows a wealthy New York couple who turns to a controversial Eastern European fertility clinic to conceive when all conventional methods fail. Ten years later, the nightmarish side effects of the procedure begin to manifest.”
20th Century Fox is working with Frank on a series of adult genre films that have a relatively modest budget, somewhere between $20-$30 million. This will give Kusama a lot more room to play with as the majority of her filmography falls well under the $20 million mark.
Frank told the site, “‘Breed’ was the first piece of material I acquired and was a complete no-brainer — falling right into the sweet spot of the work that I’m trying to do in my partnership with Fox. The fact that I also get to collaborate with the talented likes of Phil, Matt, and Karyn only makes an already exciting project even sweeter.