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30.10.2023 - 21:29 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: In one of the first big spec sales following the resolution of the WGA strike, Ben Ketai‘s script Undying has sold to Netflix for development under its first-look feature deal with Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps.
Deadline hears that the deal was for mid-six against seven figures. 21 Laps brought the project in to Netflix, and Levy, Dan Cohen, and Dan Levine are set to produce for the company, with Moera Ainai overseeing. Ketai will serve as executive producer.
Netflix declined comment.
Described as an erotic thriller with a supernatural twist, Undying follows a woman, suffocated by motherhood, who has an affair with a man she hasn’t seen since high school… only to discover he has been dead for years.
Prior to the sale, Ketai had most recently wrote and directed River Wild, a reimagining of Uni’s same-name 1994 thriller. Starring Leighton Meester, Taran Killam and Adam Brody, the film spent a number of weeks in Netflix’s Top 10 when it made its way to the streamer. Ketai also created, wrote, directed and served as showrunner for StartUp, a crime drama series starring Adam Brody, Martin Freeman, Edi Gathegi and more, which found a substantial audience on Netflix after running on Crackle for three seasons.
Ketai sold three pilots prior to this year’s double strike. The scribe on a hot streak is currently writing an untitled Mexican Basketball Project for FX and adapting the bestseller Unthinkable for Toluca Pictures and MGM.
Prior to the WGA strike, 21 Laps boarded Seismic, another thriller for Netflix based on a spec. In addition to that film penned by Mortal Kombat‘s Greg Russo, others announced earlier in the year included its horror pic The Backrooms, to be produced alongside Atomic Monster and Chernin Entertainment
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are co-hosting a charity event in Las Vegas!
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