20th Snaps Up Action Spec ‘Test Drive’ From ‘Dexter: Resurrection’s Matt Venne; Safehouse Producing

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EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, 20th Century Studios has won rights to Test Drive, an original action spec from Matt Venne, to be produced by Safehouse Pictures.

While plot details are under wraps, sources said Venne secured a healthy mid-six against seven figure deal for his script. The spec had no talent or director attachments and caused a stir on the back of its concept and writing alone, in a scenario not too commonly seen these days.

We’re told Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell will be the producers for Safehouse. Currently staffing on Showtime’s Dexter spin-off series Dexter: Resurrection, Venne is a prolific genre writer who previously adapted Stephen King’s Bag of Bones as a limited series for A&E.

He sold his series Cruel Summer, based on the same-name novel, to Legendary TV, with David Goyer boarding to produce, and also previously wrote an installment of Shudder’s Creepshow reboot.