Paramount Footage has renewed its first-look take care of Lindsey Anderson Beer and her manufacturing banner Lab Brew.
In re-upping the deal, the studio has additionally picked up Right here Comes the Darkish, a supernatural thriller spec script by Shane and Carey Van Dyke, the duo who co-wrote the 2022 thriller Don’t Fear Darling. Anderson Beer and Lab Brew will produce.
Paramount’s renewal is a vote of confidence in Anderson Beer, who wrote and made her characteristic directorial debut with the horror film Pet Sematary: Bloodline for the studio final 12 months. The film debuted because the No. 1 title on Paramount+ and shortly broke the streamer’s file for the most-watched Paramount+ authentic film throughout the first 30 days of a movie’s launch within the U.S. Anderson Beer broke by means of by writing the favored Netflix film Sierra Burgess Is a Loser.
“Lindsey is a splendidly gifted author, director and producer with sharp instincts and a definite artistic imaginative and prescient, who additionally occurs to be a really pleasant individual,” mentioned Daria Cercek and Mike Eire, co-presidents of Paramount Footage Movement Image Group, in an announcement. “We’re thrilled to proceed making films collectively and constructing on our success.”
Plot particulars for Right here Comes the Darkish are being stored, um, in the dead of night, however the undertaking joins a rising record of Lab Brew titles that the studio is worked up to maneuver together with.
There’s the sci-fi thriller Optimize, based mostly on a brief story of the identical identify written by Anderson Beer, with Anderson Beer connected to direct, write and produce. Lashana Lynch is connected to star.
Lab Brew can be growing a characteristic on the favored toy model American Woman, with Anderson Beer connected to write down and produce alongside Mattel Movies and Temple Hill.
Further initiatives on the event slate embody Trying to find Susy Thunder, based mostly on the true story of Susan Thunder, one of many first and most notorious hackers within the Nineteen Eighties; Sleepy Hole with Anderson Beer connected to write down, direct, and produce alongside Todd Garner of Damaged Highway; and Wilderness Reform, based mostly on Matt and Harrison Question’s upcoming ebook of the identical identify.
Aiding Anderson Beer with the banner’s rising slate and ambitions are two new hires, Alexandra Financial institution and Spencer Walken, tapped as Lab Brew vice presidents.
Banks spent the final eight years at WME/Endeavor engaged on the company operational aspect of the enterprise, overseeing particular initiatives and managing the mixing of acquisitions. She additionally served as an exec producer on Sierra Burgess Is a Loser and was a manufacturing affiliate at Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy’s Intrepid Footage.
Walken, who started his profession within the movement image expertise division at UTA, is coming from Damaged Highway Productions,the place he labored on Netflix’s Senior Yr starring Insurgent Wilson, household comedy Taking part in With Fireplace starring John Cena, and New Line Cinema’s current Mortal Kombat reboot.
“Mike and Daria are true associates and champions to their filmmakers, and I’m excited to proceed our very particular partnership. From the scary and thrilling like Optimize, to the whimsical and shocking like American Woman, I’m extraordinarily pleased with the slate we’re constructing collectively,” said Anderson Beer.
She continued, “Alexandra and Spencer are invaluable belongings as LAB BREW continues to develop and amplify character-driven tales from proficient and distinctive voices.”
Anderson Beer is repped by Brillstein Leisure Companions and Gang Tyre. The Van Dyke are repped by CAA, Kaplan/Perrone Leisure, and the Nord Group.