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Sony’s ‘In the Deep’ May Have Found Its Director
Last year Sony Pictures won a heated bidding battle over In the Deep, a spec script written by Tony Jaswinski (Vanishing on 7th Street). The script was called a cross between 127 Hours, Jaws, and Gravity. The story centers on a young woman who’s grief-surfing over the loss of her mother when she gets stranded 20 yards off shore with a massive great white shark circling beneath.
Today Deadline reports that big budget filmmaker Louis Leterrier is in talks to direct. Leterrier’s resume may be short, but he’s got some hefty flicks on there like The Transporter, The Incredible Hulk, and the painfully stupid Now You See Me. His works aren’t really known for their emotionally powerful roles, which, according to Deadline, the central character of In the Deep will require.
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Christopher Landon to Helm Feature Adaptation of Grady Hendrix’s ‘The Final Girl Support Group’
A new feature adaptation of author Grady Hendrix‘s slasher book The Final Girl Support Group is now on the way from Paramount Pictures, and Deadline reports that it’s found its director in Christopher Landon (Drop, Happy Death Day).
The two previously collaborated on My Best Friend’s Exorcism.
In The Final Girl Support Group, “Lynette is a real-life final girl who survived a massacre. For more than a decade, she’s been meeting with five other final girls and their therapist in a support group for those who survived the unthinkable, working to put their lives back together. Then one woman misses a meeting, and their worst fears are realized—someone knows about the group and is determined to rip their lives apart again, piece by piece.”
“But the thing about final girls is that no matter how bad the odds, how dark the night, how sharp the knife, they will never, ever give up.”
I wrote in my novel review for BD, “Hendrix puts his characters through the absolute wringer. It’s a bloody, vicious voyage for the flawed heroine, both physically and emotionally. In terms of action and horror, Support Group delivers breakneck pacing and thrills.”
Five years ago, Andy Muschietti & Barbara Muschietti (Mama, It, It Chapter Two) were attached to produce a planned series adaptation for HBO Max alongside Charlize Theron. While Theron is no longer producing, the Muschiettis remain on board under their Double Dream label.
Paramount Pictures is also developing Hendrix’s sci-fi novella, BadAsstronauts.
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