David Michaels To Write & Direct Horror Pic ‘The Third Parent’ Based On Elias Witherow Creepypasta For Walters Media Group
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Walters Media Group, the recently launched shingle of veteran producer Gary Michael Walters (Whiplash, The Guilty), has acquired the film rights to The Third Parent, the acclaimed creepypasta from writer Elias Witherow.
Set to write and direct the feature adaptation, in his feature debut, is producer David Michaels. The feature take is set amidst the 4th of July celebration, as a disturbing figure named Tommy Taffy emerges.
Disguised as a human, he infiltrates a suburban neighborhood and imposes authoritarian rule over an unsuspecting family. Walters will produce for Walters Media Group, along with Spencer Young (Bury This) for Enfant Terrible.
Exec producers include Jack Roberts (Remnants) for Lesnik Entertainment, as well as Drew Dowd and Kristen Gilot-Dowd for Dowd Films.
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