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EXCLUSIVE: Ben Leonberg, nan head of past fall’s buzzy supernatural scary title Good Boy, has inked a woody to nonstop Ankle Snatcher, an adjustment of nan same-name short communicative from New York Times bestselling scary writer Grady Hendrix, for Sony Pictures.
Leonberg is besides group to do a rewrite connected Hendrix’s adjustment pinch penning partner Alex Cannon.
While nan crippled of nan characteristic return is being kept nether wraps, nan short communicative follows a man haunted by nan puerility trauma of his mother’s murder, which his begetter blamed connected a boogeyman nether nan bed, and his terrifying realization that nan animal whitethorn beryllium real.
Hendrix released it successful September 2023 arsenic portion of a Creature Feature postulation put retired by Amazon Original Stories.
Producers connected Ankle Snatcher are Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Tony Shaw for Escape Artists, and Hendrix and Adam Goldworm for Aperture Entertainment. We were first to report connected Sony’s acquisition of authorities to nan communicative successful 2024.
A caller sound successful nan genre space, Leonberg is coming disconnected nan merchandise of his debut characteristic Good Boy, a reinvention of nan haunted location communicative told done nan position of a family dog. He wrote and directed nan flick, which sold competitively to IFC/Shudder for each English-speaking territories pursuing its splashy SXSW premiere past year, releasing wide successful theaters past October.
Good Boy earned a 90% pinch critics and 81% pinch audiences connected Rotten Tomatoes. Additionally, nan movie earned Leonberg an Independent Spirit Award nomination, a Top Ten Independent Films grant from nan National Board of Review, and aggregate awards connected nan show circuit. Pic is group to debut connected Hulu connected April 25.
Leonberg is repped by Verve, Untitled Entertainment, and The Nord Group. News of his woody for Ankle Snatcher comes pursuing connection that Jonathan Levine will nonstop Horrorstör, Searchlight’s adjustment of nan horror-comedy caller from Hendrix.
