EXCLUSIVE: In a pre-emptive purchase, 20th Century Studios has acquired the rights new untitled thriller, which will be written by Shawn Simmons.Deadpoolscribes Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are set to produce.
This is an irreverent, high-speed thriller about a teenage getaway driver. She is forced back into her past by a former employer who offers her the chance of saving the life her unstable ex-boyfriend.
Simmons is the creator and executive producer of the Amazon/Endeavor Content seriesWayne. A cult hit,Wayneis also executive produced by Reese and Wernick, and stars Mark McKenna and Ciara Bravo. Reese and Wernick’s writing and producing credits include theDeadpoolandZombielandfranchises,6 Underground,and the upcoming Joseph Kosinski filmEscape From Spiderhead.
Simmons is represented UTA, Capital Creations and Ziffren Brittenham. Reese and Wernick are represented by WME and attorneys Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller & Gellman.