EXCLUSIVE: One of the widest ranging film spec script auctions in years has ended with New Line winning the deal to finance and distribute Don’t Worry Darling, the genre script that Olivia Wi…
Why so many bids? Wilde is coming off a much admired directorial debut on Booksmart, and like elevated genre fare that includesis a smart concept that is timely in the #MeToo moment, and can be executed as a reasonable budget. There is a strong male lead role as well. That is the recipe for a possible breakout followup. New Line will finance a film in the $20 million budget range, with a breakeven gross corridor for Wilde and producer Roy Lee and perhaps more.
The film is a psychological thriller about a 1950s housewife whose reality begins to crack, revealing a disturbing truth underneath. The original script is by Shane & Carey Van Dyke, and buyers were impressed by how Kate Silberman —The auction took longer than usual, because Wilde is away shooting the Clint Eastwood film. But she supplied a strong director statement and other materials that conveyed her vision to buyers and she was scheduled to fly in last Friday to meet the finalists.
It’s the second recent splashy sale for Wilde and Silberman, who had six studios bidding for an untitled holiday comedy pitch that was won by Universal.
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