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Lionsgate Acquires Survival Thriller 'The Death Roll' With Glen Powell Producing

The pickup extends Barnstorm’s genre push under Lionsgate supervision.

Overview

  • The studio landed the spec from writers Kas Graham and Rebecca Pollock.
  • Glen Powell and Dan Cohen will produce through Barnstorm, with Bryan Haas producing via Chasing Epic Pictures.
  • The story centers on a couple whose vacation turns harrowing when they encounter a 15-foot saltwater crocodile.
  • Barnstorm’s Ryan Schwartz is set as executive producer, with Chelsea Kujawa and Maria Ascanio overseeing for Lionsgate and Robert Melnik negotiating the deals.
  • The project moves into early development as Barnstorm readies an untitled Universal comedy by Powell and Judd Apatow and follows the banner’s recent spec sale of The F***boat to Paramount.