After the success of “A Quiet Place,” the film’s writers, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, have kept pretty busy. They followed up that massively successful horror film with another scary movie, “Haunt,” which they both wrote and directed. And now, it appears they’re ready for their next feature, this time venturing into the world of sci-fi.
According to Variety, Beck and Woods have signed on to write and direct an untitled sci-fi film that will be produced by Sam Raimi and his Raimi Productions. Sony Pictures will release the film, which was said to be part of a bidding war between studios. No plot details are known at this time, but the film is said to be based on an original idea and script by Beck and Woods.
“Raimi Productions is proud to be teaming up with Scott Beck and Bryan Woods,” said Raimi. “They have exceeded all expectations in my experience with them at Quibi and we have the utmost confidence in their brilliant story. I am honored to once again be joining forces with our partners at Sony Pictures. We have a wild and thrilling blockbuster that we can’t wait to share with the world.”
Beck and Woods added, “After ‘A Quiet Place’ we knew we had a responsibility to reinvest back into the ecosystem of original ideas. We are so proud to have partnered with a studio that believes in a theatrical landscape that looks for launching new stories. Our producing team at Raimi Productions helped foster our vision for this film as directors before we introduced the spec script to the town. Sam Raimi is not only one of our heroes, but one of the only filmmakers to successfully master both independent film and the studio blockbuster. We can’t imagine a more perfect mentor to help us transition into big studio filmmaking.”
As Raimi mentioned in his comment, this isn’t the first time the producer has worked with Beck and Woods. The duo recently wrote and directed an episode of Raimi’s latest project, a horror anthology series for Quibi, titled “50 States of Fright.” So, apparently they’ve enjoyed their time together and are ready to give it a go on the big screen.
There’s no release date set for the untitled sci-fi film, but we’re definitely going to keep an eye out for news regarding this movie.