By MICHAEL GINGOLD
Having written and directed an episode of Quibi’s 50 STATES OF FRIGHT for Sam Raimi, A QUIET PLACE screenwriters Scott Beck and Bryan Woods are reteaming with Raimi on an untitled feature.
Variety reports that Sony Pictures has picked up the project, which Beck and Woods (who also wrote and directed HAUNT) will script and direct. They’ll also produce with Raimi, Zainab Azizi and Debbie Liebling; the plot details are currently being kept secret. “Raimi Productions is proud to be teaming up with Scott Beck and Bryan Woods,” says Raimi, who will next helm DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS. “They have exceeded all expectations in my experience with them at Quibi and we have the utmost confidence in their brilliant story. I am honored to once again be joining forces with our partners at Sony Pictures. We have a wild and thrilling blockbuster that we can’t wait to share with the world.”
“After A QUIET PLACE we knew we had a responsibility to reinvest back into the ecosystem of original ideas,” say Beck and Woods. “We are so proud to have partnered with a studio that believes in a theatrical landscape that looks for launching new stories. Our producing team at Raimi Productions helped foster our vision for this film as directors before we introduced the spec script to the town. Sam Raimi is not only one of our heroes, but one of the only filmmakers to successfully master both independent film and the studio blockbuster. We can’t imagine a more perfect mentor to help us transition into big-studio filmmaking.”
