Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterParamount Players’ upcoming adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel “Razorblade Tears” has found its screenwriter in Sherman Payne.Payne, best known for the HBO Max original “Charm City Kings,” will adapt S.A.
Cosby’s acclaimed novel for the studio division. The book is described as a Southern noir about two men who team up to seek vengeance for their murdered sons in the face of intolerance and prejudice in the rural South, finding redemption along the way.Payne’s credits include “Shameless” and MTV’s series adaptation of the iconic “Scream” franchise.
Amazon Studios is in post-production on his original script “Black as Night,” about a young woman who becomes an unwitting vampire slayer in.
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