Screen Gems Invest in a Scarecrow
Steve Barton
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Scarecrows. There’s just something about them that is inherently spooky to me. Screen Gems is hoping you agree because they’re gearing up to spring one on you that’s bound to send some shivers.
Variety is reporting that Sony has bought Mike Scannell’s horror-thriller Scarecrow with horror specialist Unbroken Pictures producing.
Scannell’s spec script, set at a remote lake house, revolves around a mother and her two young daughters who must fight for survival after falling into a terrifying and bizarre nightmare conceived by a psychopath.
Bryan Bertino, who directed 2008’s The Strangers, and Adrienne Biddle are producing through their Unbroken Pictures banner. Screen Gems President Clint Culpepper and Scott Strauss will oversee Scarecrow for the company.
Bertino wrote and directed Mockingbird, which he also produced with Biddle. That title will be released October 6th through Blumhouse’s newly launched BH Tilt label.
Unbroken is currently in pre-production on There Are Monsters with Atlas and Bertino directing from his own script. It’s also developing supernatural horror movie February with Kiernan Shipka and Emma Roberts attached and supernatural thriller Stephanie with Blumhouse and The Gotham Group with Akiva Goldsman directing.
More on all of these as we get it!
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