Exclusive: In one of the first big spec sales following the resolution of the WGA strike, Ben Ketai’s script Undying has sold to Netflix for development under its first-look feature deal with Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps.
Deadline hears that the deal was for mid-six against seven figures. 21 Laps brought the project in to Netflix, and Levy, Dan Cohen, and Dan Levine are set to produce for the company, with Moera Ainai overseeing. Ketai will serve as executive producer.
Netflix declined comment.
Described as an erotic thriller with a supernatural twist, Undying follows a woman, suffocated by motherhood, who has an affair with a man she hasn’t seen since high school… only to discover a terrifying secret.
Prior to the sale, Ketai had most recently wrote and directed River Wild, a reimagining of Uni’s same-name 1994 thriller. Starring Leighton Meester, Taran Killam and Adam Brody, the film spent a...
Deadline hears that the deal was for mid-six against seven figures. 21 Laps brought the project in to Netflix, and Levy, Dan Cohen, and Dan Levine are set to produce for the company, with Moera Ainai overseeing. Ketai will serve as executive producer.
Netflix declined comment.
Described as an erotic thriller with a supernatural twist, Undying follows a woman, suffocated by motherhood, who has an affair with a man she hasn’t seen since high school… only to discover a terrifying secret.
Prior to the sale, Ketai had most recently wrote and directed River Wild, a reimagining of Uni’s same-name 1994 thriller. Starring Leighton Meester, Taran Killam and Adam Brody, the film spent a...
- 10/30/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Earlier this month, Sony Pictures and 21 Laps – the production company behind the hit Netflix series Stranger Things – came out the winners in a competitive bidding situation over the feature film rights to the horror short film Gnomes, which was directed by Ruwan Suresh Heggelman from a script he crafted with Jasper ten Hoor and Richard Raaphorst. Heggelman will be directing the feature, but Deadline reports that Sony and 21 Laps have hired an established Hollywood screenwriting duo to write the script this time around. Those writers are Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari, whose previous credits include Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp and the Hulu thriller No Exit. Barrer also wrote the 2013 horror film Haunt, on which Ferrari served as an executive producer.
In addition to co-writing the script for the short version of Gnomes, Raaphorst also produced the film. He’s on board to produce the feature version alongside 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy,...
In addition to co-writing the script for the short version of Gnomes, Raaphorst also produced the film. He’s on board to produce the feature version alongside 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy,...
- 2/27/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
From Dutch filmmakers Richard Raaphorst and Ruwan Heggelman, Sony Pictures is turning the short film Gnomes into a feature, and Deadline provides a big update on the project.
Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari (Ant-Man and the Wasp) will script the feature film adaptation for Sony Pictures, Deadline reports, with 21 Laps (“Stranger Things”) producing.
Deadline details, “the original film watches as a girl stumbled into the territory of a killer gnome tribe while out on her daily run, finding herself in grave danger after being lured in by its mysterious glowing mushrooms.”
21 Laps’ Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen and Dan Levine will produce the feature take, with Emily Feher overseeing the project for the company. Raaphorst is also on board as a producer.
Stay tuned for more on Gnomes as we learn it.
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Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari (Ant-Man and the Wasp) will script the feature film adaptation for Sony Pictures, Deadline reports, with 21 Laps (“Stranger Things”) producing.
Deadline details, “the original film watches as a girl stumbled into the territory of a killer gnome tribe while out on her daily run, finding herself in grave danger after being lured in by its mysterious glowing mushrooms.”
21 Laps’ Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen and Dan Levine will produce the feature take, with Emily Feher overseeing the project for the company. Raaphorst is also on board as a producer.
Stay tuned for more on Gnomes as we learn it.
The post ‘Gnomes’ – Sony Horror Movie Will Unleash a Killer Gnome Tribe appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
- 2/24/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Sony Pictures and 21 Laps have enlisted Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari (Ant-Man and the Wasp) as the screenwriters for their buzzy feature Gnomes, based on the breakout horror short from Dutch filmmakers Richard Raaphorst and Ruwan Heggelman, which remains in early development following Sony’s acquisition of film rights earlier this month, in a competitive situation.
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Details as to the plot of the feature, to be directed by Heggelman, are under wraps. But the original film helmed by Heggelman watches as a girl stumbled into the territory...
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Details as to the plot of the feature, to be directed by Heggelman, are under wraps. But the original film helmed by Heggelman watches as a girl stumbled into the territory...
- 2/24/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Following the successful relaunch of Scream, Sony Pictures is looking to blow new life in to its own slasher franchise as sources tell Deadline that Jennifer Kaytin Robinson has been tapped to direct a sequel to I Know What You Did Last Summer, with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr in talks to reprise their roles. Insiders say the project is in early development and that Neal H. Moritz is in talks to return as producer, with Leah McKendrick on board to write the script.
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Sony had no comment on the project.
The original pic...
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Sony had no comment on the project.
The original pic...
- 2/6/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Over the last year, director and VFX artist Kane Parsons has shot his YouTube following into the stratosphere with the viral success of his mysterious short, “The Backrooms (Found Footage).” It’s the first in a series of found-footage horror videos which have thus far garnered nearly 100 million views and will now be adapted for the big screen by A24, Atomic Monster, Chernin Entertainment and 21 Laps.
Parsons — who’s just 17 years old — will direct from a script by Roberto Patino (Dmz). He’ll just have to wait till his summer vacation.
Details as to the plot of the sci-fi horror feature are under wraps. But in the ’90s-set original short (which you can view below), a young filmmaker’s fall into another dimension leaves him wandering through an unsettlingly yellow, empty and labyrinthine office space, which may or may not be home to otherworldly beings. The film’s title...
Parsons — who’s just 17 years old — will direct from a script by Roberto Patino (Dmz). He’ll just have to wait till his summer vacation.
Details as to the plot of the sci-fi horror feature are under wraps. But in the ’90s-set original short (which you can view below), a young filmmaker’s fall into another dimension leaves him wandering through an unsettlingly yellow, empty and labyrinthine office space, which may or may not be home to otherworldly beings. The film’s title...
- 2/6/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In a competitive situation, Sony Pictures has acquired feature rights to Gnomes, based on Dutch filmmakers Richard Raaphorst and Ruwan Heggelman’s breakout horror short film.
The project is currently in early development with 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen & Dan Levine producing with Raaphorst. Emily Feher overseeeing for 21 Laps. Heggelman will direct the feature. Plot details are under wraps.
The short film had its North American premiere at the 2022 Fantastic Fest as well as featured in the official selection of the 2022 Frontières Platform at the Marché du Film at Cannes. Gnomes is written by Heggelman, Jasper ten Hoor, and Richard Raaphorst and produced by art department master Raaphorst (Frankenstein’s Army).
Next up for 21 Laps is the 20th Century adaptation of Stephen King’s The Boogeyman, which they are producing. That film bows this June in theaters.
Heggelman and Raaphorst are repped by 3 Arts Entertainment and Ziffren Brittenham.
The project is currently in early development with 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen & Dan Levine producing with Raaphorst. Emily Feher overseeeing for 21 Laps. Heggelman will direct the feature. Plot details are under wraps.
The short film had its North American premiere at the 2022 Fantastic Fest as well as featured in the official selection of the 2022 Frontières Platform at the Marché du Film at Cannes. Gnomes is written by Heggelman, Jasper ten Hoor, and Richard Raaphorst and produced by art department master Raaphorst (Frankenstein’s Army).
Next up for 21 Laps is the 20th Century adaptation of Stephen King’s The Boogeyman, which they are producing. That film bows this June in theaters.
Heggelman and Raaphorst are repped by 3 Arts Entertainment and Ziffren Brittenham.
- 2/3/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Fantastic Fest Awards Winners: ‘Piggy,’ ‘The Five Devils’ and ‘The Menu’ Take Top Honors (Exclusive)
Another Fantastic Fest is coming to a close, and we’ve got the full list of 2022 Fantastic Fest awards winners — including Searchlight Pictures’ upcoming release “The Menu.”
The film festival, held at the Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar in Austin, Texas, is one of the premiere genre film festivals in the country and has led to more acquisitions than South by Southwest, which takes place in Austin every spring. A joyful celebration of all things genre, this year was no different – with buzzy titles like Searchlight’s “The Menu” and MGM’s “Bones and All” playing alongside more esoteric fare like “Shin Ultraman.” There was even a high profile Marvel Studios premiere in their upcoming black-and-white Halloween special, “Werewolf by Night” (which really brought the house down).
“We really gave our jury members a tough job this year. We have no idea how they were able to choose between so many amazing films,...
The film festival, held at the Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar in Austin, Texas, is one of the premiere genre film festivals in the country and has led to more acquisitions than South by Southwest, which takes place in Austin every spring. A joyful celebration of all things genre, this year was no different – with buzzy titles like Searchlight’s “The Menu” and MGM’s “Bones and All” playing alongside more esoteric fare like “Shin Ultraman.” There was even a high profile Marvel Studios premiere in their upcoming black-and-white Halloween special, “Werewolf by Night” (which really brought the house down).
“We really gave our jury members a tough job this year. We have no idea how they were able to choose between so many amazing films,...
- 9/27/2022
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
’The Menu’ takes audience award.
Eduardo Casanova’s mother-son horror La Pieta has been named best picture and serial killer thriller Holy Spider’s Ali Abbasi best director in Fantastic Fest’s Main Competition awards.
Carlota Pereda’s Piggy won best picture in the Horror Features category, while best directors award went to Mike Mendez, Demian Rugna, Eduardo Sanchez, and Gigi Saul Guerrero and Alejandro Brugués for Satanic Hispanics.
In Next Wave, Léa Mysius’s The Five Devils won best picture and Thomas Hardiman was named best director for Medusa Deluxe.
Mark Mylod’s TIFF world premiere The Menu starring...
Eduardo Casanova’s mother-son horror La Pieta has been named best picture and serial killer thriller Holy Spider’s Ali Abbasi best director in Fantastic Fest’s Main Competition awards.
Carlota Pereda’s Piggy won best picture in the Horror Features category, while best directors award went to Mike Mendez, Demian Rugna, Eduardo Sanchez, and Gigi Saul Guerrero and Alejandro Brugués for Satanic Hispanics.
In Next Wave, Léa Mysius’s The Five Devils won best picture and Thomas Hardiman was named best director for Medusa Deluxe.
Mark Mylod’s TIFF world premiere The Menu starring...
- 9/27/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
’The Menu’ takes audience award.
Eduardo Casanova’s mother-son horror La Pieta has been named best picture and serial killer thriller Holy Spider’s Ali Abbasi best director in Fantastic Fest’s Main Competition awards.
Carlota Pereda’s Piggy won best picture in the Horror Features category, while best directors award went to Mike Mendez, Demian Rugna, Eduardo Sanchez, and Gigi Saul Guerrero and Alejandro Brugués for Satanic Hispanics.
In Next Wave, Léa Mysius’s The Five Devils won best picture and Thomas Hardiman was named best director for Medusa Deluxe.
Mark Mylod’s TIFF world premiere The Menu starring...
Eduardo Casanova’s mother-son horror La Pieta has been named best picture and serial killer thriller Holy Spider’s Ali Abbasi best director in Fantastic Fest’s Main Competition awards.
Carlota Pereda’s Piggy won best picture in the Horror Features category, while best directors award went to Mike Mendez, Demian Rugna, Eduardo Sanchez, and Gigi Saul Guerrero and Alejandro Brugués for Satanic Hispanics.
In Next Wave, Léa Mysius’s The Five Devils won best picture and Thomas Hardiman was named best director for Medusa Deluxe.
Mark Mylod’s TIFF world premiere The Menu starring...
- 9/27/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
For some time, Dutch director Ruwan Heggelman and producer Richard Raaphorst (director of Frankenstein's Army) have been working on several projects, but one of the funniest of these must be their gory short Gnomes. In it, a runner on her morning walk (played by Moïse Trustfull) takes a different route through the forest for a change, unaware that she enters the territory of a very aggressive tribe of minute fairy tale creatures... and they have plans with her. Featuring a wide selection of practical effects and puppetry stunts (courtesy of the Mad Scientists Movement's effects team), it is a wild ride and not one for the squeamish. And it will be playing at the Fantastic Fest next week as part of...
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- 9/15/2022
- Screen Anarchy
Emergence from pandemic lockdowns and the promise of in-person festivals has excitement brewing for the future of film, and the genre industry is no exception. The official selection of the 2022 Frontières Platform at the Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes is in, and it displays bullish trends for the future of genre.
“There’s a lot of horror, and it kind of goes back to practical effects, and I love that,” says Frontières executive director Annick Mahnert. “Practical effects are coming back, which is great.”
Highlighting this trend is potential standout “Gnomes!” from the Netherlands, a horror film about gnomes who murder curious humans and turn them into sausage while they’re still alive. The film boasts producer and art department master Richard Raaphorst (“Frankenstein’s Army”), who brought the gnomes to life.
Other possible standouts of practical effects are “Requiem for a Robot, “Street Trash” and “Serial Kitten,” which blends costumes and CGI.
“There’s a lot of horror, and it kind of goes back to practical effects, and I love that,” says Frontières executive director Annick Mahnert. “Practical effects are coming back, which is great.”
Highlighting this trend is potential standout “Gnomes!” from the Netherlands, a horror film about gnomes who murder curious humans and turn them into sausage while they’re still alive. The film boasts producer and art department master Richard Raaphorst (“Frankenstein’s Army”), who brought the gnomes to life.
Other possible standouts of practical effects are “Requiem for a Robot, “Street Trash” and “Serial Kitten,” which blends costumes and CGI.
- 4/1/2022
- by JD Linville
- Variety Film + TV
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