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New Bret Easton Ellis Project Takes Hostages
Myriad Pictures and RKO Pictures’ genre division, The Roseblood Movie Company, announce they are co-financing and producing a film based on an original screenplay by Bret Easton Ellis. The currently untitled project is scheduled to begin shooting in late summer 2009 and is to be directed by Brad Furman. The script tells the story of an awkward social outcast who, after being humiliated by a group of peers, exacts revenge by taking them hostage, with dire consequences. Ellis is best known for his edgy perspective on the lives of disaffected youth in such novels and screenplays as AMERICAN PSYCHO, LESS THAN ZERO and THE RULES OF ATTRACTION. Furman directed THE TAKE and is set to direct VALET for Alcon Entertainment.
Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) is staying busy here in 2024, directing not only the werewolf movie Big Bad but also an upcoming thriller titled Drop.
The project for Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes is being described as a “fast-paced thriller,” and Deadline reports today that Violett Beane (Truth or Dare) has joined the cast.
Newcomer Jacob Robinson has also signed on to star in the mysterious thriller. Previously announced, Meghann Fahy (“White Lotus”) will be leading the cast.
Landon recently teased on Twitter, “This is my love letter to DePalma.”
Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach wrote the script.
Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Brad Fuller and Cameron Fuller — “who brought the script in to Platinum Dunes” — are producing the upcoming Drop. Sam Lerner is an executive producer.
THR notes, “The film is a Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse production for Universal.”
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