Paramount has acquired rights to Sarah Pinsker‘s 2020 horror novella Two Truths and a Lie and have set Enemy screenwriter Javier Gullón to adapt it for the big screen, Deadline reports today. In the novella, “Stella thought she’d made up a lie on the spot, asking her childhood friend if he remembered the strange public […]
Paramount has acquired rights to Sarah Pinsker‘s 2020 horror novella Two Truths and a Lie and have set Enemy screenwriter Javier Gullón to adapt it for the big screen, Deadline reports today.
In the novella, “Stella thought she’d made up a lie on the spot, asking her childhood friend if he remembered the strange public broadcast TV show with the unsettling host she and all the neighborhood kids appeared on years ago. But he does remember. And so does her mom. So why doesn’t Stella? The more she investigates the show and the grip it has on her hometown, the eerier the mystery grows.”
Gullón is best known for penning Denis Villeneuve’s psychological thriller, Enemy, but Deadline also notes that the screenwriter recently thriller spec script The Bet to Warner Bros. It’s described as “a twisty, female-led thriller with pitch-black humor, set at a glittering destination for the ultra-rich.”
Walter Hamada will produce Two Truths and a Lie via his production company, 18hz, as part of his first-look deal with the studio. 18hz’s Nathan Samdahl brought the project in and will oversee for the company, exec producing alongside Peter Dealbert of 42.
Two Truths and a Lie isn’t the only collaboration between Paramount and 18hz Productions on the way. Look for upcoming titles like Johannes Roberts’ horror film Primate, an untitled horror film from André Øvredal, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin.
As for Pinsker, the award winning short fiction author most recently published horror novella Haunt Sweet Home in September, spinning a haunting ghost story on the set of a kitchy reality TV series.
