Pharrell Williams is teaming up with Tracy Oliver, the writer behind the hit comedy Girls Trip, to tackle an adaptation of the YA book Survive the Night, writes THR.
Warner Bros. just picked up the package, which will see Oliver write the script and direct the music-themed horror thriller that follows a group of female college students trapped inside an underground warehouse music festival on Halloween. They must fight for their lives against a mysterious attacker who hunts them down throughout the night.
Oliver and the producers see the project as a grounded empowerment story about four female friends. Music will be a large component to the story.
Williams will produce the pic with Mimi Valdes, his partner at I Am Other Entertainment. Also producing are Leslie Morgenstein and Elysa Dutton of Alloy Entertainment, the book-centric production outfit that was behind the recent Amandla Stenberg-Nick Robinson drama Everything Everything.
Independent film producer Jon Alston will work with Oliver on the design and look for the film and act as a consultant on the project. Niija Kuykendall will oversee for Warner Bros.