EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max Films has snapped up the spec script Black Choke written by Doug Simon with Lawrence Michael Levine set to direct.The script is billed as a neo-noir about a bank robbery gone wrong.Tracey Nyberg, Michael Costigan and Jason Bateman of Aggregate Films are attached to produce.Simon is currently writing Frost & Fire based on the Ray Bradbury short story of the same name, for Thunder Road Pictures.
His original spec script Breathe is also set up at Thunder Road, and has Stefon Bristol (See You Yesterday) attached to direct, and was featured on the 2019 Black List.Levine directed and wrote the Aubrey Plaza drama Black Bear which made its world premiere at Sundance 2020 and notched an 89% Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
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