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Paramount Lands Melanie Toast Pitch ‘Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit’ With 3 Arts And Atomic Monster Producing

EXCLUSIVE: Following a highly competitive auction, Paramount Pictures has landed the horror pitch, Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit from Melanie Toast. Toast also is penning the script and will produce, alongside producers James Wan for Atomic Monster and Will Rowbotham and Luke Maxwell for 3Arts Brendan Deneen and Julianna…

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Jason Bateman To Next Direct New Line Thriller ‘Shut In’

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh from winning the Emmy for Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series for Ozark, Jason Bateman has found his next feature film to direct. He’ll helm Shut In, the spec script by first time scribe Melanie Toast that New Line acquired in September. Bateman had been developing to direct a film based on the…

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New Line Wins Spec Auction For ‘Shut In’, Elevated Thriller By First-Time Scribe Melanie Toast

EXCLUSIVE: New Line Cinema has won an auction for Shut In, a spec script by first-time scribe Melanie Toast. Producing are Farah Films’ Dan Farah, Vertigo’s Roy Lee and Cinestate’s Dallas Sonnier. The spec is an edgy thriller that will follow a fast track toward production. A single mother is held captive by her…