has picked up the screenplay for erotic thriller , has confirmed. In what is described as a highly competitive situation, the studio landed the feature spec script from ( ). The movie’s story focuses on the frightening aftermath that follows a chance encounter between a seemingly perfect couple and a powerful female attorney.
serves as producer on the project that does not yet have a director attached. Dries served as showrunner on The CW series and was on executive producer for . Her other television credits include e, , and Rosenfelt was credited as an executive producer on the first movie and served as producer on the franchise’s subsequent films.
She has also worked on such films as , , and . Rosenfelt’s television credits include serving as executive producers on such series as and . This has been a busy week for Paramount, as the studio is set to be acquired by a consortium led by Skydance.
This week also saw the release of the first trailer for the studio’s forthcoming historical epic from director Ridley Scott that stars Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington and Joseph Quinn. The follow-up to Scott’s Oscar-winning 2000 film — which starred Russell Crowe in the title role — hits theaters Nov. 22 and is set to be a major fall play for the studio.
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