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Jason Bateman in Talks to Direct ‘Shut In’ for New Line


Jason Bateman is in talks to direct and produce the New Line horror movie “Shut In,” people with data of the talks confirmed to TheWrap.

Acquired from debuting screenwriter Melanie Toast, the script for “Shut In” was chosen to this 12 months’s BloodList, a horror equal of the BlackList that spotlights one of the best unproduced scripts within the style. The movie follows a single mom who’s held captive by her violent ex and should do all the things to guard her two younger youngsters.

Bateman is in talks to supply by way of Aggregate Films, and would be a part of Dan Farah (Farah Films), Roy Lee (Vertigo) and Dallas Sonnier (Cinestate) as producers. Amanda Presmyk and Danielle Cox will govt produce for Cinestate, Andrew Farah will govt produce for Farah Films and Miri Yoon will govt produce for Vertigo. Richard Brener, Daria Cercek, and Josh Mack will oversee the undertaking for New Line.

Bateman, who most just lately directed two episodes of the HBO sequence “The Outsiders,” is at present in pre-production for an adaptation of the board sport “Clue,” which he’ll direct and star in alongside Ryan Reynolds. He is repped by CAA and Lighthouse Entertainment. The talks had been first reported by Deadline.



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