Film rights to Christopher Buehlman's THOSE ACROSS THE RIVER, about a small town during the depression, to Mike Medavoy (SHUTTER ISLAND, BLACK SWAN) with Weed Road (I AM LEGEND) producing and Kip Williams (THE DOOR IN THE FLOOR, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2) writing and directing, by Sean Daily at Hotchkiss and Associates, on behalf of Stephanie Lehmann at Elaine Koster Agency and Michelle Brower at Folio Literary Management.
DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD DAILY: 'Paranormal Activity 2′ Helmer Kip Williams Aligns With 'Those Across The River'
By MIKE FLEMING
EXCLUSIVE: Mike Medavoy, Douglas McKay and Ali Toukan have optioned the Christopher Buehlman literary horror novelThose Across The River. The trio is producing with Akiva Goldsman's Weed Road, and Tod "Kip" Williams is attached to write the script and direct the film. The book takes place in a small Southern town in Georgia in 1935. A WWI veteran moves there with his new wife after they inherit a home passed down through his family. He intends to write a book about his grandfather, an evil plantation owner, but soon realizes that there are some crazy things going on, including residents that are being killed and eaten. It's the Depression, and the horror begins after the town abandons a practice of sending two pigs each month across the river, though they've never figured exactly what happened to those animals. Williams most recently directed Paranormal Activity 2. The deal was made by Hotchkiss and Associates' Sean Daily for Folio Literary Management and Elaine Koster Agency. Williams is repped by UTA and 3 Arts.