Matt Reeves And ‘Paranormal Activity’ Producer Team For 1940s Horror Movie ‘Switchboard’
DirectorMatt Reeves(above) iscurrently hard at workon the latest iteration of The Dark Knight with the forthcoming movieThe Batman. Unfortunately, we’ll be waiting until 2022 before we get to see it, but in the meantime, Reeves is dipping his toes back into horror by producing a new movie calledSwitchboardwithParanormal ActivityproducerSteven Schneider. What’s the movie about? Find out below.
The Hollywood Reporterhas news on theSwitchboardhorror movie in the works, though it doesn’t appear to have a studio home yet. The story follows a young female switchboard operator in the 1940s who suddenly finds herself being targeted by an active serial killer who has called in to the phone call service. As their conversation intensifies, she begins to question her safety, her sanity and, ultimately, her very reality. Sounds likePhone Booththrown back in time to me, but that doesn’t mean it should be disregarded.
The movie is written by actor-turned-screenwriterDevon Graye, who broke out as a writer withAllison Adams, another spec script that made the Black List in 2016 and is slated to be made at Sony Pictures. Graye also has a thriller calledI See Youstarring Helen Hunt that played at SXSW in 2019. He’s also sold several other pitches to studios in recent years, so the writer is clearly turning out some good work.
The last time Reeves played with horror, it was the coming-of-age vampire movieLet Me In, a remake ofLet the Right One In. Before that, his breakthrough film was the found footage sci-fi horror flickCloverfield. Since then, he’s been tied up with blockbusters, including bothDawn of the Planet of the ApesandWar for the Planet of the Apes, and nowThe Batman. Though he’s only producing, for him to come on board a spec script project like this, there must be something enticing about the story.
Matt Reeves is slated to produce with Steven Schneider, who has also produced theInsidiousfranchise, the sequelBlair Witch, and the remake ofPet Sematary. They’ll be working withArmaan Zoraceand his new Dark Hell production banner,Margot HandandJoshua Thurstonat Picture Films, andRafi Crohnat 6th & Idaho.
At this time, we have no idea when Switchboard is slated to begin production or be released, but we’ll be sure to keep you posted as more information becomes available.
