According to Variety Paradox Entertainment has optioned the horror pitch Speed Demon, co-developed by the f/x-vet Stan Winston, for Peter Winther to direct.
Speed Demon is described as a supernatural action flick centered upon an underworld enforcer, who, while hunting a small-time crook on a desert highway, discovers that he is also being tracked by a mysterious, terrifying creature.
The script was written by Mike Sorrentino and Randy Vampotic, and the creature work will be handled by Patrick Tatopoulos (Underworld trilogy, I Am Legend), who worked with Winston to design creatures for the film.
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