EXCLUSIVE: After recently wrapping production on the Pet Sematary origin pic, Paramount is looking to stay in business with writer-director Lindsey Beer as the the multi-hyphenate has entered into a first-look deal with Paramount Pictures to produce, write, and direct feature projects.
Beer is already developing several projects under the deal, with several films being kept under wraps. One that isn’t being kept secret is Susie Thunder, which after the studio won a ten-party bidding war, Beer has boarded the movie to develop with Beer producing alongside Epic Magazine’s Arthur Spector, Josh Davis and Josh Bearman.
The project is based on the true story of Susan Thunder, one of the first and most infamous hackers in the 1980s.“We love Lindsey as a writer, director, producer and as a human being.
She is a creative force with great commercial instincts and boundless ambition. We are very happy that she chose to make Paramount her home, and we look forward to making a lot of movies together,” said Daria Cercek and Mike Ireland, co-presidents, Paramount Pictures, Motion Picture Group:Beer recently made her directorial debut with the prequel to Pet Sematary for Paramount, which Lorenzo Di Bonaventura produced.
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