Paul Feig and Jason Blum are joining forces for the first time, for the upcoming thriller Worst Roommate Ever. More here.
Paul Feig’s to-do list is growing, it seems. The Bridesmaids director already has a couple of films on his slate, but that hasn’t stopped him from teaming up with Jason Blum to announce Worst Roommate Ever, a planned thriller that will take inspiration from the unscripted TV drama of the same name.
The plot for this one certainly sounds fascinating, as does the idea of Feig collaborating with horror producer Jason Blum. The film’s story ‘follows a newly single woman finding a seemingly perfect gentleman to sublet the spare room in her dream home. She soon learns his deceit goes beyond a phony name and application as she has unwittingly invited a serial squatter into her home, and he won’t leave without a fight.’
Paul Feig offered a quick take on the project, saying: “Jason and I have been trying to find the perfect project to collaborate on for years and this story is tailor-made to deliver the scares, thrills, emotion and comedy of dread that both he and I like to entertain audiences with. In other words, I couldn’t be happier to have Jason as the best roommate ever for this film.”
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There’s no production or release date yet set although we do know that Stephen Susco, the scribe behind Unfriended: Dark Web is writing the script. As mentioned above, Paul Feig is pretty busy for the time being which is likely why we don’t yet know when the film will enter production.
The filmmaker has the upcoming Amazon action comedy Jackpot on the way next month and also is on post-production on his sequel to 2018’s A Simple Favor. The latter of those two projects wrapped production last month and we imagine that Feig has his hands full putting that one together and dealing with the press for Jackpot’s release.
When we do hear anything regarding a timeline for Worst Roommate Ever, we’ll let you know right here.
