In a competitive situation, Legendary Entertainment and AfterShock Media have closed a deal for a feature adaptation of the graphic novel PARTY & PREY by creators Steve Orlando & Steve Foxe. Patrick Brice will direct from a script written by Rob Forman.
The project will be produced by AfterShock Media and Legendary, as well as by Lee Kramer, David Sigurani and Jon Kramer. Orlando and Foxe are executive producing and Max Zupanovic is co-producing. AfterShock Media is represented by Neil Sacker from Sacker Entertainment Law.
A social horror/thriller written by celebrated creators Steve Orlando and Steve Foxe, PARTY & PREY is a character driven thriller with a bold genre twist that tells the story of Alan, a wealthy older gay man, who meets a confident and attractive young man named Scott at a nightclub. Their chemistry leads them to end up at Alan’s house, where the men’s dark secrets are laid bare and they have a night together neither of them expected.
AfterShock Media’s EVP of Film & TV David Sigurani said, “Party & Prey is a tense thriller examining the youth standards that exist within and outside of the queer community, and we’re delighted to bring this excellent comic to the screen for all audiences with Patrick, Rob & Legendary.”
Orlando’s credits include Midnighter, Batman, AfterShock Comics’ Search for Hu, and Kill a Man. “From our nightmares to reality, in the best way possible! Here we are at a moment with PARTY & PREY that we never expected, but couldn’t be more excited for! This has been a story that’s clawed its way to life from the start, first from out of both my mind and Foxes, but as well from those of Alex Sanchez, Juancho! and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. And, of course – AfterShock! I couldn’t be prouder of this book – its lens, its action, its horror, and its representation across the board. We created the comic we wished would be on the stands, and now I couldn’t be more honored and energized for the world to see it on the screen!”
Foxe’s credits include Razorblades: The Horror Magazine, X-Men ’92: House of XCII, AfterShock Comics’ Rainbow Bridge, and Skybound’s Creepshow anthology. “Creating PARTY & PREY alongside Alex, Juancho, Hass my fellow Steve, and the crew at AfterShock was a taboo thrill all its own–an opportunity to tell a violent horror story entrenched in the gay community, without its rough edges sanded off for easier consumption. I can’t wait to see P&P interpreted into a new medium for an entirely different audience to discover.”
Brice’s credits include CREEP, CREEP 2, THE OVERNIGHT, and Room 104. He is represented by CAA, Grandview, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein.
Forman’s credits include Something is Killing the Children and iZombie. He is represented by Pebble Entertainment.
AfterShock Media combines AfterShock Comics’ expansive library of groundbreaking titles with Rive Gauche’s global distribution power, propelling the publisher’s IP into new formats – from TV and film to gaming and podcasts. AfterShock Comics is the industry’s fastest-growing independent publishing company behind acclaimed series such as ANIMOSITY, DARK RED, BABYTEETH, A WALK THROUGH HELL, JIMMY’S BASTARDS and THE KAIJU SCORE. Rive Gauche Television is best known for distributing a long list of globally successful TV series including Homicide Hunter, The Case Against Cosby, In Their Own Words, Something’s Killing Me, Very Scary People, Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan, Ice Cold Killer, My Strange Addiction, My Crazy Obsession and many more.