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Haimes Has ‘Jitters’, Bond Tapped for ‘Elevator Men’
Because the news just won’t let me leave the freakin’ house tonight, DreamWorks executive-turned-screenwriter Marc Haimes has sold his original screenplay Jitters to Paramount. The flick will be a creepy family film in the early-’80s Amblin mold (think “Gremlins”). In addition, they report that commercial director Fredrik Bond – who will be helming The host remake and the Hack/Slash adaptation – has come aboard to helm Elevator Men, also scripted by Haimes. Elevator follows a single mom in pursuit of Mr. Right who ends up meeting a horrific creature in human guise.
Theo James Krekis‘ short film Jealous People are Ugly People premiered earlier this year at SXSW and has since inspired a massive bidding war for its feature film expansion.
New Line Cinema has emerged victorious in the latest feeding frenzy over next-generation digital horror IP and its creators, Deadline reports.
Krekis will adapt Jealous People are Ugly People, directing from his own script.
In the short film, “Vasilly has become painfully jealous of his best friend, Luke. But things aren’t going so well for Luke. Every time he shares some good news, he starts to suffer from strange and violent repercussions. Disturbed by the uncanny timing, Vasilly recalls his Yiayia’s warnings about the Greek superstition of the evil eye – and starts to believe his own envy might be to blame for Luke’s bad luck.”
SXSW described the short film as ” a darkly comic psychological thriller about male jealousy, inherited superstition, and the corrosive power of repressed ambition.”
Jennifer Monks and Michelle Stein will produce the feature take alongside Isaac Klausner, John Fischer, Ben Levine and Ethan Cappello. Josh Mack and Lauren Botchan are overseeing for New Line.
Jealous People are Ugly People joins New Line’s upcoming horror slate that also includes Santiago Menghini’s The Revenge of La Llorona on February 26, 2027, and The Conjuring: First Communion on September 10, 2027.