In the midst of enjoying one of the most profitable box office opening weekends for a Marvel movie, theDeadpool & Wolverinedirector isn’t slowing down.The Hollywood Reporterexclusively revealed thatShawn Levy’s production company, 21 Laps Entertainment, will team up with Netflix for an adaptation ofFreida McFadden’s hit novel,Never Lie. Levy will produce the psychological thriller along with his partnersDan CohenandDan Levine, which will fall under the banner’s first-look feature deal withNetflix. Levy’s 21 Laps Entertainment previously worked with Netflix onAll the Light We Cannot See, and the murder drama seriesThe Perfect Couple. It also hasHalle Berry’s horror thrillerNever Let Gocoming at the end of September, and is in the midst of working onStranger ThingsSeason 5.
Never Liefollows a newly-wed couple searching for the house of their dreams that finds an old estate in the middle of nowhere that once was the home of a renowned psychiatrist who vanished without a trace four years earlier. The couple becomes trapped in the manor due to a raging blizzard, and the wife stumbles into one of the rooms which contains audio tapes of all the psychiatrists' interviews with her former patients. She is struck with fear when listening to one of the tapes of a woman who appears to be a session with someone that sounds familiar to her, but she can’t quite trace the connection. McFadden has become one of the biggest authors on the market of late, currently boasting six books inAmazon’s top 20 chart for the week of July 21.
Shawn Levy Is Enjoying the Ride of His Life
It’s fair to say that Levy is on top of the world right now, sitting back and watchingDeadpool & Wolverineeffortlessly shatter box office recordsfor an R-rated movie. He is also in the midst of working on aStar Warsprojectwhich he recently provided an update on, saying that development was moving slow and steady and hadtappedJonathan Tropperto pen the script. Levy has also directed several episodes of the hit Netflix sci-fi seriesStranger Things, which is currentlyundergoing production on its fifth and final seasonahead of a 2025 release date.
Never Liedoes not yet have an official release date. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates on the project and get tickets below to seeLevy’s most recent movie,Deadpool & Wolverine, now playing in theaters everywhere.
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