Tyro Scribe Lori Evans Taylor Lands Deal On ‘Bed Rest’

EXCLUSIVE: MGM has acquired Bed Rest, the first script deal for Lori Evans Taylor. Spec is a Hitchcockian thriller in the vein of Rear Window and What Lies Beneath, centering on a pregnant woman who is isolated and confined to bed rest. Karen Rosenfelt is producing with Chris Sparling, the writer behind Buried and the upcoming Matthew McConaughey-Gus Van Sant film Sea Of Trees. This was a competitive situation with interest from multiple studios.

Evans Taylor is repped by Kaplan/Perrone and McKuin, Frankel, Whitehead.