Overview
- Badlands bought the spec script Wildman by first‑time screenwriter Jacob Rainer, which industry coverage framed as “John Wick but with a Bigfoot.”
- The screenplay’s logline follows a Bigfoot who seeks to retrieve his killed younger brother and exacts violent revenge on those responsible.
- Rainer’s script was surfaced through Scriptshadow’s Blood and Ink contest and highlighted by editor Carson Reeves, which led manager Jake Wagner of Alibi Entertainment to contact the writer.
- Carson Reeves is attached as an executive producer and Rainer is represented by manager Jake Wagner and attorney Farhad Amid, marking his first-ever screenwriting deal.
- Badlands is a new genre label run by Scott Strauss under Thunder Road and backed by Renegade Capital, and the company is assembling several horror and action projects while preparing a forthcoming theatrical release.