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EXCLUSIVE: Fresh disconnected nan SXSW debut for his latest feature Never After Dark, filmmaker Dave Boyle has been group to nonstop a caller Untitled characteristic for Paramount Pictures and producer Walter Hamada’s 18Hz label. Nick Romano will executive nutrient for 18Hz, arsenic well.
Boyle will besides rewrite nan screenplay, based connected an earlier draught by Natalie Conway and Peter Stanley-Ward. Plot specifications are being kept nether wraps but nan task is described arsenic sci-fi inflected horror. The task is portion of Hamada’s discretionary fund, which is portion of Hamada’s wide Paramount deal.
Hamada’s slate astatine Paramount includes Passenger which will beryllium successful theaters connected May 22. The movie stars Jacob Scipio, Lou Llobell, and Melissa Leo and was directed by André Øvredal. Earlier this twelvemonth nan company’s Primate, directed by Johannes Roberts, was released connected January 9.
Boyle’s astir caller film, nan Japanese connection scary film Never After Dark, premiered astatine SXSW 2026 to beardown captious buzz and besides took location nan Audience Award successful nan Midnighter section. Previously, Boyle served arsenic showrunner and head connected nan series House of Ninjas for Netflix, which deed nan #1 spot connected Netflix’s Global Top Ten (Non-English) successful 2024.
Boyle is represented by Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Ginsburg Daniels Kallis.
