EXCLUSIVE: 20th Century Studios has acquired Naughty, an unique characteristic pitch from Siena East (Clone High) conceived as a starring automobile for Amber Midthunder (Prey), a number of sources inform Deadline.
Pic’s storyline is underneath wraps, although the venture is described as a vacation motion rom-com. East will pen the script, with Hutch Parker and Dan Wilson to supply by way of their Hutch Parker Entertainment banner, which has a first-look take care of 20th. Hutch Parker Entertainment’s John Scott Gibney will co-produce after bringing the fabric in, with Midthunder to function exec producer. A director has not but been hooked up.
Midthunder was final in enterprise with 20th Century Studios because the star of Prey, a sci-fi actioner taking the Predator franchise again to the early 18th century. The movie directed by Dan Trachtenberg shattered data upon its August 2022 home debut on Hulu, securing the largest premiere within the historical past of the platform. The actress beforehand starred reverse Liam Neeson and Laurence Fishburne within the Netflix motion thriller The Ice Road, that very same 12 months being acknowledged as one in every of TIFF’s Rising Stars for her efficiency within the indie drama The Wheel. Other notable credit for Midthunder embody the Taylor Sheridan-scripted Hell or High Water, The CW’s Roswell, New Mexico and FX’s Legion. Among her different upcoming tasks are Netflix’s Native American basketball underdog pic Rez Ball, in addition to its new Avatar: The Last Airbender animated collection.
A co-producer on Fox’s Jon Hamm-led animated collection Grimsburg, which has been picked up for a second season previous to the disclosing of its first, East has additionally written on HBO Max’s reboot of the cult traditional animated collection Clone High, from Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Bill Lawrence. She’s at present writing a movie for Netflix, in addition to a rom-com that Olive Bridge is ready to supply. Also within the works is the collection LA Native for Amazon FreeVee that she’s creating and is ready to guide, with Amplify Pictures aboard to supply. East may can at present be seen performing within the newest season of The Sex Lives of College Girls on HBO Max.
Past tasks from Hutch Parker Entertainment embody Sony’s animated characteristic Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, primarily based on the kids’s books, in addition to 20th/Disney+’s household comedy Home Sweet Home Alone, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Logan and Patriots Day.
An enrolled member within the Fort Peck Sioux Tribe, Midthunder is represented by CAA, Corner Booth Entertainment and Jackoway Austen Tyerman. East, who’s a proud member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, is repped by APA.
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