Sony Pictures has picked up an untitled sci-fi thriller that Sam Raimi is set to produce. A Quiet Place writers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods will write, direct and produce the original film project.
The project is a reunion for Beck, Woods, and Raimi, as they all worked together on the Quibi series 50 States of Fright. Beck and Woods wrote and directed one episode of that show.
There are no story details to share regarding the film but Deadline notes that “it will have a big twist at the end.” Raimi had this to say in a statement:
“Raimi Productions is proud to be teaming up with Scott Beck and Bryan Woods. They have exceeded all expectations in my experience with them at Quibi and we have the utmost confidence in their brilliant story. I am honored to once again be joining forces with our partners at Sony Pictures. We have a wild and thrilling blockbuster that we can’t wait to share with the world.”
Beck and Woods added:
“After ‘A Quiet Place’ we knew we had a responsibility to reinvest back into the ecosystem of original ideas. We are so proud to have partnered with a studio that believes in a theatrical landscape that looks for launching new stories. Our producing team at Raimi Productions helped foster our vision for this film as directors before we introduced the spec script to the town. Sam Raimi is not only one of our heroes, but one of the only filmmakers to successfully master both independent film and the studio blockbuster. We can’t imagine a more perfect mentor to help us transition into big studio filmmaking.”
I’m curious to see what they’ve come up with and I’m happy to see that they are going out there and betting on original content! We just have to be there to support it so that original film concepts keep coming!
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May 05, 2020 at 06:00PM
