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Nicole Shanahan Boards Walter Kirn’s Satirical Pandemic Film ‘The Rash’ as Executive Producer

Backers are soliciting financing through Brownstone Institute materials.

Overview

  • The project remains in development with a pitch deck and sizzle reel available to potential investors via the Brownstone Institute.
  • Nicole Shanahan is attached as executive producer alongside her partner Jacob Strumwasser.
  • Walter Kirn wrote the screenplay and previously shared a teaser while stating the feature had entered the financing phase.
  • The story follows a public-health professor inspired by Jay Bhattacharya during a rash outbreak and is pitched as a dark satire in the vein of Dr. Strangelove and Thank You for Smoking.
  • The pitch deck cites a prospective budget near $6 million, and Brownstone says many investors and Hollywood figures are reluctant to support the topic.