Melissa McCarthy en conversaciones para protagonizar el thriller 'Turpentine' de Craig Zobel

La dos veces nominada al Premio de la Academia Melissa McCarthy está en negociaciones para protagonizar 'Turpentine', un thriller dirigido por Craig Zobel. La película, basada en el guion de Justin Varava incluido en la Black List de 2024, será producida por T-Street y ShivHans Pictures.

'Turpentine' sigue a un hijo fracasado que recluta a sus amigos para robar a sus padres en un intento de pagarle a un corredor de apuestas, lo que resulta en consecuencias desastrosas. Como informó Deadline en exclusiva, el proyecto surge del guion de Justin Varava, que apareció en la Black List de 2024. Varava está representado por CAA y Untitled Entertainment. Zobel, conocido por dirigir 'Compliance', 'Z for Zachariah' y la sátira de terror 'The Hunt', protagonizada por Betty Gilpin y Hilary Swank, también ha dirigido episodios de series como 'The Leftovers', 'American Gods', 'Westworld', 'Mare of Easttown' y 'The Penguin'. Ganador de un premio DGA y tres veces nominado al Emmy, está representado por CAA, Entertainment 360 y Jackoway Austen Tyerman. McCarthy obtuvo nominaciones al Óscar por 'Bridesmaids' y 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?'. Próximamente aparecerá en 'Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey' junto a Clive Owen en Paramount+ y pondrá voz a uno de los personajes principales en 'Margie Claus' de Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, junto a Cole Escola. Está representada por CAA y Mgmt Entertainment. T-Street, dirigida por Rian Johnson y Ram Bergman, continúa tras 'Wake Up Dead Man', la tercera entrega de 'Knives Out'. La compañía tiene próximos proyectos como 'The Only Living Pickpocket in New York', protagonizada por John Turturro para Sony Pictures Classics, y 'A Place in Hell' con Michelle Williams y Daisy Edgar-Jones para Neon. Entre las películas recientes de ShivHans Pictures se incluyen 'Ice Road: Vengeance', 'The Wedding Banquet', 'Winner' y 'The Assessment'.

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