Netflix Wins Sci-Fi Spec ‘Out There;’ Editor Stefan Grube Making Directing Debut

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has acquired the spec script Out There, a high-concept sci-fi thriller in the vein of A Quite Place and Cloverfield. Netflix intends to fast track the film and make for a price, and the pic will mark the directorial debut of Stefan Grube, the veteran film editor.  Script is by Shane Van Dyke, Carey Van Dyke and Ian Levy. The Van Dyke’s credits include Don’t Worry Darling and Levy scripted Pay the Ghost.

The Picture Company partners Alex Heineman & Andrew Rona will produce along with Josie Liang of Space Bandit. Nick Meyer of Sierra Pictures will serve as executive producer.

Grube hails from the world of post-production, having collaborated with directors Dan Trachtenberg, Jason Reitman, and JJ Abrams. His editing credits include films such as 10 Cloverfield Lane, Tully, The Front Runner, and Star Wars: Episode IX. He has also crafted some of the better trailers of the past decade.

The logline is currently under wraps, but sources say the movie revolves around a fractured family who must face the most catastrophic day of their lives. 

The Picture Company is currently in post on the James McAvoy and Julianne Moore high-concept thriller Control for Studiocanal, and are among producers on Searchlight’s Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, which will be released Christmas. 

Liang is also producing the upcoming Untitled Heist project at Sony Pictures with Plan B and Craig Gillespie. 

Grube is represented by CAA, Grandview and attorney Gang Tyre Ramer; the Van Dykes by CAA and Kaplan/Perrone and Levy by Manolia Ent and attorney Melissa Rogal; and the producers are CAA.