Exclusive: Bluestone Entertainment has preemptively acquired rights to “Support Group for the Formerly Possessed,” an original horror short story written for Assemble Media by J. Preston Witt, with plans to produce a feature adaptation alongside Assemble.
Scribes set to adapt the pic are Andrew Deutschman and Jason Pagan, the duo behind Paramount’s found footage title Project Almanac, as well as Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension.
In Support Group, a patient, charged with a murder they cannot remember, finds themselves subjected to a 5150 psychiatric hold in an institution. There, they uncover a chilling truth: the facility is dedicated to treating disorders that stem from supernatural causes.
The Assemble team came up with the original concept before developing it into a short story, featured in the third edition of its genre-focused quarterly short story magazine Assemble Artifacts, which is published through Blackstone Publishing. Producers of the adaptation will include Richard Saperstein for Bluestone,...
Scribes set to adapt the pic are Andrew Deutschman and Jason Pagan, the duo behind Paramount’s found footage title Project Almanac, as well as Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension.
In Support Group, a patient, charged with a murder they cannot remember, finds themselves subjected to a 5150 psychiatric hold in an institution. There, they uncover a chilling truth: the facility is dedicated to treating disorders that stem from supernatural causes.
The Assemble team came up with the original concept before developing it into a short story, featured in the third edition of its genre-focused quarterly short story magazine Assemble Artifacts, which is published through Blackstone Publishing. Producers of the adaptation will include Richard Saperstein for Bluestone,...
- 12/14/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Drama series marks arts network’s first foray into scripted television.
Storyscape Entertainment’s Bob Cooper has set the one-hour scripted series for development at Ovation TV and hired UK-based Simeon Thornton to write the pilot.
Hot Art is based on the book Hot Art: Chasing Thieves And Detectives Through The Secret World Of Stolen Art by Canadian journalist Joshua Knelman.
The story takes place in London as a squad of undercover police officers from Scotland Yard are tasked with solving art crimes and catching the perpetrators.
Cooper will produce for Storyscape with Sandy Shenkman overseeing development. Cate Weber will oversee development for Ovation TV.
“We are thrilled to work with Bob Cooper at Storyscape Entertainment on the first scripted series we are developing at Ovation TV,” Ovation TV CEO Charles Segars said.
“Through their stewardship, we look forward to seeing Hot Art brought to life to join the rest of our high-quality programming such as Versailles...
Storyscape Entertainment’s Bob Cooper has set the one-hour scripted series for development at Ovation TV and hired UK-based Simeon Thornton to write the pilot.
Hot Art is based on the book Hot Art: Chasing Thieves And Detectives Through The Secret World Of Stolen Art by Canadian journalist Joshua Knelman.
The story takes place in London as a squad of undercover police officers from Scotland Yard are tasked with solving art crimes and catching the perpetrators.
Cooper will produce for Storyscape with Sandy Shenkman overseeing development. Cate Weber will oversee development for Ovation TV.
“We are thrilled to work with Bob Cooper at Storyscape Entertainment on the first scripted series we are developing at Ovation TV,” Ovation TV CEO Charles Segars said.
“Through their stewardship, we look forward to seeing Hot Art brought to life to join the rest of our high-quality programming such as Versailles...
- 3/8/2017
- ScreenDaily
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