Spin a Black Yarn<\/a>, which reps the writer.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\tBilled as 50 Shades of Grey <\/em>meets David Fincher\u2019s The Game<\/em>, Behind a Closed Door<\/em> introduces readers to Sugar & Spice, the latest app craze taking the world by storm, which leads downloaders Abby and Brendan Hollander into a dangerous game of life and death. When the app assigns the pair a series of increasingly taboo tasks, they soon find themselves caught up in a twisted web of seduction and violence.<\/p>\n\n\tSean McKittrick and Raymond Mansfield will produce the film adaptation for QC Entertainment, with Ryan Lewis and Josh Malerman for Spin a Black Yarn. QC\u2019s Edward H. Hamm Jr. will exec produce alongside Barker. The companies will next take the book to filmmakers and cast before approaching studios with the package later this year.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tA New York Times and international bestselling author of numerous novels, including Dracul <\/em>and the Fourth Monkey<\/em> series, Barker\u2019s books have been translated into two dozen languages and sold in more than 150 countries, while being optioned for both film and television, as previously mentioned. His latest with James Patterson, Death of the Black Widow<\/em>, was released April 19th. <\/p>\n\n\tLed by partners McKittrick, Mansfield and Hamm, QC Entertainment is best known for producing the critical and commercial successes Get Out<\/em> and BlacKkKlansman<\/em> \u2014 from filmmakers Jordan Peele and Spike Lee, respectively \u2014 having been involved in every aspect of both projects, from development to production and release. The films, scoring back-to-back Best Picture Oscar nominations for QC, also each claimed screenplay prizes. McKittrick also produced Peele\u2019s sophomore effort Us<\/em>, which notched $70.3M domestic in its opening weekend alone, achieving the biggest opening ever for an original horror film. QC\u2019s latest feature, It Lives Inside<\/em> \u2014 a horror-thriller from filmmaker Bishal Dutta \u2014 won the Midnighters Audience Award at SXSW 2023 and will be released by Neon later this year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\tLewis and Josh Malerman formed Spin a Black Yarn after the success of Netflix\u2019s 2018 Sandra Bullock starrer Bird Box<\/em>, based on the New York Times bestseller by Malerman. The post-apocalyptic horror thriller, on which Lewis served as an EP, for a time held a record as the streamer\u2019s most-watched title within 28 days of release. Lewis and Malerman have since produced the psychological horror film We Need to Do Something<\/em>, which was released by IFC Films after bowing at Tribeca, and are exec producers on a new Netflix-bound Bird Box<\/em> movie set in Barcelona, which is currently in post-production.<\/p>\n\n\tBarker is represented by Lewis of Spin a Black Yarn and Alec Shane of Writers House; QC Entertainment by Chris Abramson of Felker Toczek Suddleson.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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