Erik Feig & Patrick Wachsberger Gear Up On College Admissions Thriller ‘Bad Genius’, Julius Onah To Direct — EFM Hot Pic
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Erik Feig’s Picturestart and Patrick Wachsberger’s Picture Perfect Federation have set Luce and Cloverfield Paradox filmmaker Julius Onah to direct their college admissions thriller Bad Genius, which is gearing up for a summer shoot.Luce scribe J.C.
Lee, whose credits as a writer and co-producer also include series such as How To Get Away With Murder and Looking, has scripted the feature with Onah.As previously announced, the film is an English-language remake of the hit 2017 Thai film by Nattawut Poonpiriya.
The US-set adaptation is being described as a high-octane thriller about a group of entrepreneurial high school seniors who team up to take down a rigged college admissions system.
Casting discussions are underway.Former Lionsgate film chiefs Wachsberger and Feig are producing and will be overseeing sales and finance in coming weeks.
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