Paul Feig is set to direct a new movie for Blumhouse based on William Brennan’s New York Magazine article that inspired the Netflix unscripted series Worst Roommate Ever.
In the pic, a newly single woman finds a seemingly perfect gentleman to sublet the spare room in her dream home, but she soon learns that his deceit goes beyond a phony name and application, and she has unwittingly invited a serial squatter into her home who won’t leave without a fight.
“Worst Roommate Ever resonates so much because as the internet has connected so many of us, it also makes it easier than ever to lie about who you are. But then the story is jaw-dropping and keeps you on the edge of your seat,” Blumhouse CEO and founder Jason Blum said. “Paul is the perfect director for this because his work always manages to strike a balance between the dark and the light, and I’m very excited to see everything he will bring to this story.”
Said Feig: “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.”
The series’ first two seasons both ranked in Netflix’s Global Top 10 (English) as well as Top 10 TV in more than 75 countries including the U.S., where it held the No. 1 position for a week.
Blumhouse EVP Production and Development Bea Sequeira brought in the article. It’s the first time Blumhouse has produced a movie and TV show based on the same piece of intellectual property.
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Feig will produce with his producing partner Laura Fischer. Also producing are Blum, Chris Morgan and Vox Media’s Scoop Wasserstein. Executive producing are Chris Morgan Productions’ Ainsley Morgan, Brennan, and Blumhouse’s Sequeira and VP Creative Development and Production Shaun S. Sutton.
Blumhouse re-teamed with Stephen Susco (Unfriended: Dark Web) on the screenplay. Haley Pigman is overseeing the project for Blumhouse.
Feig is a DGA Award-winning and Emmy-nominated filmmaker, writer, producer, author and founder of production company Feigco Entertainment. His feature canon that includes Bridesmaids, Spy, The Heat, the all-female Ghostbusters and A Simple Favor has minted more than $1 billion at the global box office. He most recently served as the director, producerand co-writer of The School for Good and Evil, which debuted as the No. 1 film on Netflix in 88 countries worldwide upon release. Up next, Feig directed and produced the action-comedy film Jackpot starring John Cena, Awkwafina and Simu Liu for Amazon MGM Studios, which will be released August 15. Additionally, he recently wrapped production on A Simple Favor 2.
Feig is represented by CAA and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.