Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures has made a deal to turn the horror short film Laura Hasn’t Slept into a theatrical feature.
Parker Finn will write and direct the film, and Temple Hill will produce. Finn wrote and directed the short. He’s repped by Grandview and CAA.Laura Hasn’t Slept was set to premiere as SXSW earlier this spring, before the event was canceled.
Despite that setback, the short film won the Special Jury Recognition Prize for SXSW’s Midnight Short category. The title character in the short is a young woman desperate to rid herself of a recurring nightmare.
She seeks help from her therapist to confront the terror. Here is a teaser trailer:Laura Hasn’t Slept – Teaser from Parker Finn on.
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