Production Weekly is reporting that Lionsgate is just two weeks out from principal photography on Presto (originally titled Nerve).
As previously reported, Henry Joost and Ariel Shulman, the directing team that broke through with the Sundance hit Catfish and Paramount’s Paranormal Activity 3, is helping the young adult thriller based on Jeanne Ryan’
“The novel tells of a high school senior wallflower who, in an attempt to broaden her horizons, joins a global online game of provocative truth or dare while an audience of “watchers” vote and comment. But as she becomes a sensation and advances higher and higher, the game evolves and soon she finds herself in a dangerous and life-ending situation.”
IMDB says that “American Horror Story”, “Scream Queens” and Scream 4‘s Emma Roberts stars with Dave Franco (Warm Bodies, Fright Night) and Brian ‘Sene’ Marc.
It is being produced by Allison Shearmur.
Jessica Sharzer, a writer and exec producer on “American Horror Story,” wrote the adaptation.