Overview
- Orion Pictures, part of Amazon MGM Studios, acquired rights to Howl in a deal first reported by Deadline on Monday and the project is now in development with studio support.
- Kumail Nanjiani is confirmed to make his feature directorial debut on Howl and will also star and produce through his Winter Coat Films banner.
- The screenplay was written by Madison Vanderberg and first raised industry attention after appearing on the 2024 Black List, which Vanderberg has said helped the script find a director.
- Producers include Weed Road Pictures (Akiva Goldsman, Greg Lessans and Rachel Wizenberg) with Wizenberg overseeing the project and Winter Coat Films’ Emily V. Gordon and Dani Melia attached as producers.
- No full cast, production schedule, financing beyond the studio acquisition, or release date have been announced, and the project will be watched for casting moves and a production timeline that will test a growing trend of comedians directing genre films.