Paul Feig lives with Jason Blum. The pair are teaming up to adapt an unscripted Netflix series Worst roommate ever For Blumhouse.
Feige will direct a story that centers on a newly single woman who finds a seemingly perfect gentleman to sublet a spare room in her dream home, only to discover that there’s more to his deception than just a false name and application. She’s unintentionally invited a serial squatter into her home, and he’s not going to get away without a fight.
“Jason and I have been working hard for years to find the perfect project to collaborate on, and this story is tailor-made to convey the fear, excitement, emotion and comedy that he and I both love to entertain audiences,” Feige said in a in a statement. “In other words, I’m so excited for Jason to be the best roommate this movie has ever had.”
Feig recently completed school of good and evil For Netflix. His upcoming projects include directing and producing action comedy films Grand Prize Produced for Amazon-MGM Studios, he recently completed a simple favor 2. The sequel to the 2018 thriller of the same name.
This function assumes Worst roommate ever The series will be produced by Laura Fischer, marking the first time Blumhouse has produced a film and TV show based on the same intellectual property. 2018 new york magazine William Brennan’s article inspires original unscripted TV series Worst roommate ever Produced by Blumhouse Television, the show has aired on Netflix for two seasons.
It is understood that Blumhouse had always planned to adapt Brennan’s article into a TV series and feature film, but it was not until Feig came on board that a big-screen adaptation was greenlit.
Feige welcomed working with Jason Blum on the script. “Jason and I have been working hard for years to find the perfect project to collaborate on, and this story is tailor-made to convey the fear, excitement, emotion and comedy that he and I both love to entertain audiences. In other words, I’m very So excited to have Jason as the best roommate this movie has ever had,” he said in a statement.
Bloom, Chris Morgan and Vox Media’s Scoop Wasserstein also worked on the adaptation. Executive producers include Ainsley Morgan and William Brennan for Chris Morgan Productions and Bea Sequeira for Blumhouse.
Blumhouse Reteams with Stephen Susco (Unfriend: Dark Web) on Feige’s feature film script. Haley Pigman is overseeing the project for Blumhouse.
“Paul is the perfect director for this story as his work always manages to balance darkness with light, and I’m excited to see what he will bring to this story,” said Blum, CEO and founder of Blumhouse .
