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EXCLUSIVE: Paramount has preemptively acquired Two Truths and a Lie, a horror novella from Sarah Pinsker, enlisting Javier Gullón (Enemy) to adapt it for the big screen.
While plot details for the film are being kept under wraps, the novella tells the story of Stella, who was sure she’d made it up — a strange childhood memory of a local TV show with a disturbing host that she and the neighborhood kids supposedly appeared on. But when her old friend and even her mom confirm it happened, she’s left questioning why she has no memory of it. As she begins unraveling the truth behind the broadcast and its lingering presence in her town, the mystery becomes darker and more disturbing.
Walter Hamada will produce via his 18hz production company, as part of his first-look deal with the studio. 18hz’s Nathan Samdahl brought the project in and will oversee for the company, exec producing alongside Peter Dealbert of 42.
A Spanish screenwriter best known for his work on Enemy, Denis Villeneuve’s psychological thriller, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, for A24, Gullón earlier this year sold his hot thriller spec The Bet to Warner Bros. Plot specifics there are also under wraps, though sources described the project as a twisty, female-led thriller with pitch-black humor, set at a glittering destination for the ultra-rich.
A Goya Award nominee, Gullón has sold and adapted numerous short stories at auction for film and TV including Neanderthal (fka N) which sold in a 10-way bidding war to New Regency/See-Saw with Garth Davis directing. His spec 478 was produced within one year of being picked up by Aronfoksy’s Protozoa Pictures; Arnold Schwarzenegger led the film, ultimately titled Aftermath.
Other feature credits include Spanish filmmaker Aritz Moreno’s Moscas and Advantages of Travelling by Train, as well as the 2022 Netflix pic Rainbow. The creative served as co-EP on Season 2 of the hit FX series The Old Man and has also developed television for HBO, Bad Robot and Legendary TV, as well as Fifth Season and Johan Renck.
The author of over sixty works of short fiction, along with a novella, two novels, and two collections, Pinsker is the winner of four Nebula Awards, two Hugo Awards and numerous other accolades. In September unveiling novella Haunt Sweet Home, her other recent works include collection Lost Places and novel We Are Satellites.
Additional projects for Paramount and 18hz Productions include Johannes Roberts’ horror film Primate, an untitled film in the same genre from André Øvredal, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin.
Gullón is repped by UTA, 42, and Eclipse Law.
